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Carl Andre Quotes



Quotes by Carl Andre - (8 quotes)

Carl Andre - From the Art category:

Art is an intersection of many human needs. (Carl Andre)

Carl Andre - From the Art category:

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

Carl Andre - From the Desire category:

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

Carl Andre - From the Environment category:

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

Carl Andre - From the Environment category:

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. (Carl Andre)

Carl Andre - From the Politics category:

My art will reflect not necessarily conscious politics but the unanalysed politics of my life. (Carl Andre)

Carl Andre - From the Symbols category:

Matter as matter rather than matter as symbol is a conscious political position, essentially Marxist. (Carl Andre)

Carl Andre - From the Work category:

Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life. (Carl Andre)