Once it is out of his hand the artist has no control over the way a viewer will perceive the work. Different people will understand the same thing in a different way.

The other great development has been in photography, but that too was influenced by Conceptual art.

Banal ideas cannot be rescued by beautiful execution.

Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple. Successful ideas generally have the appearance of simplicity because they seem inevitable. In terms of idea the artist is free to even surprise himself. Ideas are discovered by intuition.

Artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.

I believe that the artist's involvement in the capitalist structure is disadvantageous to the artist and forces him to produce objects in order to live.

New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas.