Banal Ideas Cannot Be Rescued By Beautiful

An Architect Doesn't Go Off With A Shovel And Dig His Foundation And Lay Every Brick. He's Still An Artist.

Most Ideas That Are Successful Are Ludicrously Simple. Successful Ideas Generally Have The Appearance Of Simplicity Because They Seem Inevitable. In Terms Of Idea The Artist Is Free To Even Surprise Himself. Ideas Are Discovered By Intuition.

Once It Is Out Of His Hand The Artist Has No Control Over The Way A Viewer Will Perceive The Work. Different People Will Understand The Same Thing In A Different Way.

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

I Was Not Interested In Irony; I Wanted To Emphasize The Primacy Of The Idea In Making Art