Design has to work. Art does not. - Donald Judd

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I think the idea of migration through time is very important because every human being does that and it unites us with people who migrate through geography.

Donald Judd

Design has to work. Art does not.

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And then we moved to New Jersey and I went to the Art Students League.

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Actual space is intrinsically more powerful and specific than paint on a flat surface.

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It isn't necessary for a work to have a lot of things to look at, to compare, to analyze one by one, to contemplate. The thing as a whole, its quality whole, is what is interesting. The main things are alone and are more intense, clear and powerful.

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Art and architecture - all the arts - do not have to exist in isolation.

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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.

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I think the idea of migration through time is very important because every human being does that and it unites us with people who migrate through geography.

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