A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed to another mind in some tangible form.
Obviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line.
New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas.
Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool.
You shouldn’t be a prisoner of your own ideas.
When artists make art, they shouldn’t question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.
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.
Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple. Successful ideas generally have the appearance of simplicity because they seem inevitable. In terms of idea the artist is free to even surprise himself. Ideas are discovered by intuition.
Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.
The system is the work of art; the visual work of art is the proof of the System. The visual aspect can’t be understood without understanding the system. It isn’t what it looks like but what it is that is of basic importance.
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.
You belong in the most secret part of you. Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool. Make your own, your own world. If you fear, make it work for you – draw and paint your fear and anxiety.