My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.
Carl AndreA man climbs a mountain because it is there. An artist makes a work of art because it is not there.
Carl AndreI was hanging out and drinking as long as I could afford it, or as long as somebody else could afford it.
Carl AndreYou might say that a creative person is a person who simply has a desire to have something, to add something to the world that's not there yet, and goes about arranging fort that to happen. When you desire a work of art and make it, you've added to the stock of art in the world. Artists are one of the people who can do that: add to the stock of things.
Carl Andre