I wasn't an academic looking in books for ideas. But I educated myself about historical work that was similar to mine, to provide a frame of reference that wasn't the usual frame of reference of the New York art world and Europe. Michael Heizer academicartbook share on social
Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh. Victor Hugo artbeautydear Change image and share on social
In art and music, particularly in the 20th century, there was a big period there where for something to be called profound you had to not be able to understand it. Joshua Bell 20thartbig Change image and share on social
My individual power is limited. I want to use my high-profile way to wake people up to take action together to do good things. I can only awake them with my performance art and creativity. Chen Guangbiao actionartawake Change image and share on social
Performance art is the ultimate in creativity. Since it has so many possibilities at creativity, it's essence tends to become creativity. Jack Bowman artcreativityessence Change image and share on social
All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art. Jack Bowman artdifferencegood Change image and share on social
We're all so mauled by information, but it's recycled information. We need to shut it out. So, you've got to get bizarre. This is an artist's purpose - to break away from the recycled. Performance art can do that. Jack Bowman artartistbizarre share on social
They certainly aren't connected with the old geometric art. My work isn't geometric in that sense. Donald Judd artconnectgeometric Change image and share on social
I think most of the art now is involved with a denial of any kind of absolute morality, or general morality. Donald Judd absoluteartdenial Change image and share on social
Well, in any art there are a lot of technical things that you can get to like. Donald Judd artlottechnical Change image and share on social
