I respect all artists, just some more than the others. Because it's something that really needs to be done.
Brice MardenHolding together a kind of tension. When you see a painting that's really good that's what it's doing.
Brice MardenThese days people believe they can go into art and make a living. We didn't have that. The abstract expressionists were older, by the time they even got a show. Now people come right out of school and sell.
Brice MardenI'm much more concerned about what artists think. But as you get older you tend to get much more isolated; you're not out in the bar, having long drunken arguments on the benefits of your work vs. someone else's. It's hard to know how people are looking at it, and you don't get much feedback. The written critical stuff seems to be the feedback, but that's hard to interpret.
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