Carl Andre

A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general read more

A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general environment more conspicuous.

The Aesthetics of Repetition II

The Aesthetics of Repetition II

It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all read more

It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time. Any living organism has an environment.

That's another way, perhaps, of an art poverty; one has to impoverish one's mind.

That's another way, perhaps, of an art poverty; one has to impoverish one's mind.

I have been subject to politics as long as I've been alive, thirty-five years, starting with the New Deal, going read more

I have been subject to politics as long as I've been alive, thirty-five years, starting with the New Deal, going into the Second World War, the Cold War, Korea, the whole thing. So, I've been affected by it and hence since I've made my art, my art must reflect my political experience.