Find the most puzzling kind of art you can think of, and then go out and try to approximate it with your camera. Take a photograph that corresponds to it. (Assignment to students.)
John BaldessariLook at the subject as if you have never seen it before. Examine it from every side. Draw its outline with your eyes or in the air with your hands, and saturate yourself with it.
John BaldessariI think I live such a boring life. But I can't imagine any other kind of life, so I guess it's the life I want.
John BaldessariPhotos should suggest a word(s) and vice versa. They should be equal and interchangeable.
John Baldessari