Carl Andre

I have been subject to politics as long as I've been alive, thirty-five years, starting with the New Deal, going read more

I have been subject to politics as long as I've been alive, thirty-five years, starting with the New Deal, going into the Second World War, the Cold War, Korea, the whole thing. So, I've been affected by it and hence since I've made my art, my art must reflect my political experience.

The Aesthetics of Repetition II

The Aesthetics of Repetition II

My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.

My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.

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.

That's another way, perhaps, of an art poverty; one has to impoverish one's mind.

That's another way, perhaps, of an art poverty; one has to impoverish one's mind.