Look at the chaos of European history. Europeans cannot believe in certainty. But Americans believe in certainty. Americans think this can go on like this forever. Just as it is. No change.
Carl AndreLenin thought abstract art was a conspiracy by the bourgeois to demoralize the proletariat. Yeah, socialist realism!
Carl AndreIt is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time. Any living organism has an environment.
Carl AndreA man climbs a mountain because it is there. An artist makes a work of art because it is not there.
Carl Andre