Don’t Worry About Cool, Make Your Own

Most Ideas That Are Successful Are Ludicrously Simple. Successful Ideas Generally Have The Appearance Of Simplicity Because They Seem Inevitable. In Terms Of Idea The Artist Is Free To Even Surprise Himself. Ideas Are Discovered By Intuition.

The System Is The Work Of Art; The Visual Work Of Art Is The Proof Of The System. The Visual Aspect Can't Be Understood Without Understanding The System. It Isn't What It Looks Like But What It Is That Is Of Basic Importance.

Unless You're Involved With Thinking About What You're Doing, You End Up Doing The Same Thing Over And Over, And That Becomes Tedious And, In The End, Defeating.

When Words Such As Painting And Sculpture Are Used, They Connote A Whole Tradition And Imply A Consequent Acceptance Of This Tradition, Thus Placing Limitations On The Artist Who Would Be Reluctant To Make Art That Goes Beyond The Limitations.

I Didn't Want To Save Art - I Respected The Older Artists Too Much To Think Art Needed Saving. But I Knew It Was Finished, Even Though, At That Time, I Didn't Know What I Would Do.