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

The artist is seen like a producer of commodities, like a factory that turns out refrigerators.

When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.

During the '70s I was interested in words and meaning as a way of making art.

Banal ideas cannot be rescued by beautiful execution.

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

The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.