The narrative of serial art works more like music than like literature.

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

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

All intervening steps, scribbles, sketches, drawings, failed work models, studies thoughts, conversations, are of interest. Those that show the thought process of the artist are sometimes more interesting than the final product

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

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.

Minimal art went nowhere.