One usually understands the art of the past by applying the conventions of the present thus misunderstanding the art of the past.

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.

One should be intelligent enough to know when not to be too intellectual

Also, since art is a vehicle for the transmission of ideas through form, the reproduction of the form only reinforces the concept. It is the idea that is being reproduced. Anyone who understands the work of art owns it. We all own the Mona Lisa.

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

The idea part is simple but the visual perception is complex.

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