I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art
Buying books was a way anyone could acquire a work of art for very little.
A work of art may be understood as a conductor from the artist's mind to the viewer's. But it may never reach the viewer, or it may never leave the artist's mind.
Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple
One should be intelligent enough to know when not to be too intellectual
An architect doesn't go off with a shovel and dig his foundation and lay every brick. He's still an artist.