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Donald Judd Quotes

After all, the work isn’t the point; the piece is Picture Quote #1

The older painting - well, it does have an effect all at once, I suppose, but it’s of a lesser intensity than a lot of the American work in the last ten or fifteen years Picture Quote #1

Usually when someone says a thing is too simple, they’re saying that certain familiar things aren’t there, and they’re seeing a couple maybe that are left, which they count as a couple, that’s all Picture Quote #1

Building is just skilled labor, I suppose. It’s a lot of work. I don’t mind other people building them, but the way things go together and are made is interesting to me; I like that a lot Picture Quote #1

Well, I am not interested in the kind of expression that you have when you paint a painting with brush strokes. It’s all right, but it’s already done and I want to do something new Picture Quote #1

Art and architecture -- all the arts -- do not have to exist in isolation, Picture Quote #1

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Any combining, mixing, adding, diluting, exploiting, vulgarizing, or popularizing of abstract art deprives art of its essence and depraves the artist’s artistic consciousness. Art is free, but it is not a free-for-all Picture Quote #1

But I think you have to - whatever the environment looks like, it does enter into people’s art work one way or another; it’s very remote or it isn’t. It’s remote in my work but it has to have a certain degree of ordinariness Picture Quote #1

But I think that’s a particular kind of experience involving a certain immediacy between you and the canvass, you and the particular kind of experience of that particular moment Picture Quote #1

Well, its very exasperating when you can’t get it right Picture Quote #1

Design has to work. Art does not Picture Quote #1

Actual space is intrinsically more powerful and specific than paint on a flat surface Picture Quote #1

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If a chair or a building is not functional … it is ridiculous Picture Quote #1

Most art is fragile and some should be placed and never moved away Picture Quote #1

In terms of existing, everything is equal Picture Quote #1

Pollock looks unusual and radical even now Picture Quote #1

Color, to continue had to occur in space Picture Quote #1

I pay a lot of attention to how things are done and the whole activity of building something is interesting Picture Quote #1

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I think most of the art now is involved with a denial of any kind of absolute morality, or general morality Picture Quote #1

Well, in any art there are a lot of technical things that you can get to like Picture Quote #1

Well, there’s a morality in that you want your work to be good, I suppose Picture Quote #1

The art and architecture of the past that we know is that which remains. The best is that which remains where it was painted, placed or built. Most of the art of the past that could be moved was taken by conquerors. Almost all recent art is conquered as soon as it’s made, since it’s first shown for sale and once sold is exhibited as foreign in the alien museums. The public has no idea of art other than that it is something portable that can be bought. There is no constructive effort; there is no cooperative effort. This situation is primitive in relation to a few earlier and better times Picture Quote #1

You’re only dealing with whatever you know, which is a very small part of it and later on it’ll look like it has something to do with the period. Obviously, the artists have something to do with one another. They tend to set up certain common qualities among themselves Picture Quote #1

In the summer there are twelve cottonwoods around the pool, which in the winter become an elevated thicket. There is also a courtyard with a small garden of plants that stay green all year. The winter is bleak. This place is primarily for the installation of art, necessarily for whatever architecture of my own that can be included in an existing situation, for work, and altogether for my idea of living Picture Quote #1

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Well, I am not interested in the kind of expression that you have when you paint a painting with brush strokes. It’s all right, but it’s already done and I want to do something new Picture Quote #1

Usually when someone says a thing is too simple, they’re saying that certain familiar things aren’t there, and they’re seeing a couple maybe that are left, which they count as a couple, that’s all Picture Quote #1

They certainly aren’t connected with the old geometric art. My work isn’t geometric in that sense Picture Quote #1

There’s probably more in the American tradition than people give the place credit for Picture Quote #1

I think most of the best new work is intended to have much more impact at once Picture Quote #1

I don’t think geometric art is... I don’t like to call it that. I don’t think it’s any more pure than pop art or anything else. It doesn’t have anything to do with purity Picture Quote #1

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After all, the work isn’t the point; the piece is (Donald Judd Quotes) The older painting - well, it does have an effect all at once, I suppose, but it’s of a lesser intensity than a lot of the American work in the last ten or fifteen years. (Donald Judd Quotes) Usually when someone says a thing is too simple, they’re saying that certain familiar things aren’t there, and they’re seeing a couple maybe that are left, which they count as a couple, that’s all. (Donald Judd Quotes) Building is just skilled labor, I suppose. It’s a lot of work. I don’t mind other people building them, but the way things go together and are made is interesting to me; I like that a lot. (Donald Judd Quotes) Well, I am not interested in the kind of expression that you have when you paint a painting with brush strokes. It’s all right, but it’s already done and I want to do something new. (Donald Judd Quotes) Art and architecture -- all the arts -- do not have to exist in isolation, (Donald Judd Quotes) Any combining, mixing, adding, diluting, exploiting, vulgarizing, or popularizing of abstract art deprives art of its essence and depraves the artist’s artistic consciousness. Art is free, but it is not a free-for-all (Donald Judd Quotes) But I think you have to - whatever the environment looks like, it does enter into people’s art work one way or another; it’s very remote or it isn’t. It’s remote in my work but it has to have a certain degree of ordinariness (Donald Judd Quotes) But I think that’s a particular kind of experience involving a certain immediacy between you and the canvass, you and the particular kind of experience of that particular moment (Donald Judd Quotes) Well, its very exasperating when you can’t get it right (Donald Judd Quotes) Design has to work. Art does not (Donald Judd Quotes) Actual space is intrinsically more powerful and specific than paint on a flat surface (Donald Judd Quotes) If a chair or a building is not functional … it is ridiculous (Donald Judd Quotes) Most art is fragile and some should be placed and never moved away (Donald Judd Quotes) In terms of existing, everything is equal (Donald Judd Quotes) Pollock looks unusual and radical even now (Donald Judd Quotes) Color, to continue had to occur in space (Donald Judd Quotes) I pay a lot of attention to how things are done and the whole activity of building something is interesting (Donald Judd Quotes) I think most of the art now is involved with a denial of any kind of absolute morality, or general morality (Donald Judd Quotes) Well, in any art there are a lot of technical things that you can get to like (Donald Judd Quotes) Well, there’s a morality in that you want your work to be good, I suppose (Donald Judd Quotes) The art and architecture of the past that we know is that which remains. The best is that which remains where it was painted, placed or built. Most of the art of the past that could be moved was taken by conquerors. Almost all recent art is conquered as soon as it’s made, since it’s first shown for sale and once sold is exhibited as foreign in the alien museums. The public has no idea of art other than that it is something portable that can be bought. There is no constructive effort; there is no cooperative effort. This situation is primitive in relation to a few earlier and better times (Donald Judd Quotes) You’re only dealing with whatever you know, which is a very small part of it and later on it’ll look like it has something to do with the period. Obviously, the artists have something to do with one another. They tend to set up certain common qualities among themselves (Donald Judd Quotes) In the summer there are twelve cottonwoods around the pool, which in the winter become an elevated thicket. There is also a courtyard with a small garden of plants that stay green all year. The winter is bleak. This place is primarily for the installation of art, necessarily for whatever architecture of my own that can be included in an existing situation, for work, and altogether for my idea of living (Donald Judd Quotes) Well, I am not interested in the kind of expression that you have when you paint a painting with brush strokes. It’s all right, but it’s already done and I want to do something new (Donald Judd Quotes) Usually when someone says a thing is too simple, they’re saying that certain familiar things aren’t there, and they’re seeing a couple maybe that are left, which they count as a couple, that’s all (Donald Judd Quotes) They certainly aren’t connected with the old geometric art. My work isn’t geometric in that sense (Donald Judd Quotes) There’s probably more in the American tradition than people give the place credit for (Donald Judd Quotes) I think most of the best new work is intended to have much more impact at once (Donald Judd Quotes) I don’t think geometric art is... I don’t like to call it that. I don’t think it’s any more pure than pop art or anything else. It doesn’t have anything to do with purity (Donald Judd Quotes)

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