I think most of the art now is involved with a denial of any kind of absolute morality, or general morality.
Donald JuddIf a chair or a building is not functional, if it appears to be only art, it is ridiculous.
Donald JuddAnd that Newman wasn't, and yet to me Pollock is just as radical and unlike Expressionism as Newman.
Donald JuddThe art and architecture of the past that we know is that which remains. The best is that which remains where it was painted, placed or built. Most of the art of the past that could be moved was taken by conquerors. Almost all recent art is conquered as soon as it's made, since it's first shown for sale and once sold is exhibited as foreign in the alien museums. The public has no idea of art other than that it is something portable that can be bought. There is no constructive effort; there is no cooperative effort. This situation is primitive in relation to a few earlier and better times.
Donald Judd