Carl Andre

I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.

I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.

I find that my greatest difficulty and the really most painful and difficult part of my work is draining and read more

I find that my greatest difficulty and the really most painful and difficult part of my work is draining and ridding my mind of that burden of meanings which I've absorbed through the culture-things that seem to have something to do with art but don't have anything to do with art at all.

A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general read more

A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general environment more conspicuous.

Matter as matter rather than matter as symbol is a conscious political position, essentially Marxist.

Matter as matter rather than matter as symbol is a conscious political position, essentially Marxist.

It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all read more

It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time. Any living organism has an environment.