Formal Art Is Essentially Rational.

The Most Interesting Characteristic Of The Cube Is That It Is Relatively Uninteresting. Compared To Any Other Three-dimensional Form, The Cube Lacks Any Aggressive Force, Implies No Motion, And Is Least Emotive. Therefore, It Is The Best Form To Use As A Basic Unit For Any More Elaborate Function, The Grammatical Device From Which The Work May Proceed.

Banal Ideas Cannot Be Rescued By Beautiful Execution.

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.

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.

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