Art is the exclusion of the unnecessary.
My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.
If you forge a Carl Andre, it's just another Carl Andre. It's not like a Vermeer.
The wood was better before I cut it, than after. I did not improve it in any way.
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.
I've often stopped working for long periods.