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“the making of them doesn’t appear to be anything special. There are no secrets or mysteries as to what the objects are; the puzzle is in confronting such simple but unusual objects and in trying to understand what about them seems so strange. This is the contrast in Hesse’s work that most interests me: the contrast between simultaneous obviousness... See more

“an art work is neither a physical thing nor a viewer’s mental image of it but something in between, created in attentive space”

The Battle for Attention

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/06/the-battle-for-attention

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“For each of these works I look for something I haven't yet found. My favorite music is the music I haven't yet heard. I don't hear the music I write. I write in order to hear the music I haven't yet heard.”

John Cage :: An Autobiographical Statement

https://www.johncage.org/autobiographical_statement.html

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“In object-type art process is not visible. Materials often are. When they are, their reasonableness is usually apparent.”

Anti Form

https://www.artforum.com/print/196804/anti-form-36618

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“the problem was to base art making on something other than arrangements of forms according to taste.”

Some Notes on the Phenomenology of Making

https://www.artforum.com/print/197004/some-notes-on-the-phenomenology-of-making-34191

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“I do think there is a state of quality that is necessary, but it is not based on correctness. It has to do with the quality of the piece itself and nothing to do with neatness or edges. It’s not the artisan quality of the work, but the integrity of the piece . . . I’m not conscious of materials as a beautiful essence . . . For me the great... See more