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Henry Flynt Quotes

I have a picture of an ideal consciousness Picture Quote #1

I’m trying to assemble materials for a different mode of life Picture Quote #1

Rock became an incredible commercial success, people just became bored with serious music, and it was forgotten Picture Quote #1

I was a student at Harvard, and that’s where I learned about so-called avant-garde music. Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionism and painting were well known at this time Picture Quote #1

When I came to New York, I began to meet the people who became the most famous artists of our time. I was insecure about my own level of ability, I didn’t know whether I could compete with these people and, at the same time. I was wondering what is this anyway? Picture Quote #1

I’m actually a great fan of lucidity Picture Quote #1

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Basically, I viewed any work of art as an imposition of another person’s taste, and saw the individual making this imposition as a kind of dictator Picture Quote #1

I began composing works which were imitative of the music I was being told about. I was also very interested in translating the music into visual terms Picture Quote #1

I began demonstrating against serious culture. In hindsight, the actual course of events has been very humiliating for me, because no one picked up on the intellectual critique I made Picture Quote #1

At the same time, I was listening to black music, and I began to think that the best musicians were receiving the worst treatment. The people who were doing the greatest work were despised as lower class, with no dignity accorded to what they did Picture Quote #1

In classical oil painting, there seemed to be a radical turn to seeing things as the camera sees them, with that technological modification. I began to have a tremendous problem with all of this Picture Quote #1

The whole drive of western culture, the part of it which is serious, is towards an extreme objectification. It’s carried to the point where the human subject is treated almost as if it’s dirt in the works of a watch Picture Quote #1

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I have a picture of an ideal consciousness (Henry Flynt Quotes) I’m trying to assemble materials for a different mode of life (Henry Flynt Quotes) Rock became an incredible commercial success, people just became bored with serious music, and it was forgotten (Henry Flynt Quotes) I was a student at Harvard, and that’s where I learned about so-called avant-garde music. Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionism and painting were well known at this time (Henry Flynt Quotes) When I came to New York, I began to meet the people who became the most famous artists of our time. I was insecure about my own level of ability, I didn’t know whether I could compete with these people and, at the same time. I was wondering what is this anyway? (Henry Flynt Quotes) I’m actually a great fan of lucidity (Henry Flynt Quotes) Basically, I viewed any work of art as an imposition of another person’s taste, and saw the individual making this imposition as a kind of dictator (Henry Flynt Quotes) I began composing works which were imitative of the music I was being told about. I was also very interested in translating the music into visual terms (Henry Flynt Quotes) I began demonstrating against serious culture. In hindsight, the actual course of events has been very humiliating for me, because no one picked up on the intellectual critique I made (Henry Flynt Quotes) At the same time, I was listening to black music, and I began to think that the best musicians were receiving the worst treatment. The people who were doing the greatest work were despised as lower class, with no dignity accorded to what they did (Henry Flynt Quotes) In classical oil painting, there seemed to be a radical turn to seeing things as the camera sees them, with that technological modification. I began to have a tremendous problem with all of this (Henry Flynt Quotes) The whole drive of western culture, the part of it which is serious, is towards an extreme objectification. It’s carried to the point where the human subject is treated almost as if it’s dirt in the works of a watch (Henry Flynt Quotes)