Ideas Alone Can Be Works Of Art;

What The Work Of Art Looks Like Isn't Too Important. It Has To Look Like Something If It Has A Physical Form. No Matter What Form It May Finally Have It Must Begin With An Idea. It Is The Process Of Conception And Realization With Which The Artist Is Concerned.

When Words Such As Painting And Sculpture Are Used, They Connote A Whole Tradition And Imply A Consequent Acceptance Of This Tradition, Thus Placing Limitations On The Artist Who Would Be Reluctant To Make Art That Goes Beyond The Limitations.

Artists Teach Critics What To Think. Critics Repeat What The Artists Teach Them.

The Thinking Of John Cage Derived From Duchamp And Dada. I Was Not Interested In That.

One Should Be Intelligent Enough To Know When Not To Be Too Intellectual