Formal art is essentially rational.

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.

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

In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work

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

A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed to another mind in some tangible form.

I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art