For the twenty million Americans who are hungry tonight, for the homeless freezing tonight, literature is as useless as a knowledge of astronomy.
Conceptual art is only good if the idea is good.
Obviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line.
A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed to another mind in some tangible form.
New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas.
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.
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.
When the citizens at large administer the state for the common interest, the government is called by the generic name - a constitution.
Mathematics is an interesting intellectual sport but it should not be allowed to stand in the way of obtaining sensible information about physical processes.
We live so little time in this world that it is no matter how wretched and miserable we are, if it prepares us for heaven.
I've learned a lot about my game every time I play golf in a men's event.