I Was Educated By Monks - I

Art Is Not About Objects Of High Monetary Exchange. It's About Reasserting Our Firsthand Experience In Present Time.

We're Not On A Journey To A Goal, The Goal Is With Us Changing With Us.

I Have To Say That I Reject Somewhat The Distinction Between Something Called Art And Something Called Public Art. I Think All Art Demands And Desires To Be Seen.

Well, I Think Critics Are Very Useful. But I Think That They, In A Way, Betray Their Position When They Stop People Looking For Themselves. Judgment Is Very Easy, But I Think, On The Whole, Professional Critics Maybe See Too Much, And Compare Too Much, And Forget The Joy Of Actually Looking And Contemplating For Its Own Sake.

Art Is The Means By Which We Communicate What It Feels Like To Be Alive - In The Past, That Was Mixed Up With Other Illustrative Duties, But That Was Still Its Central Function That Has Been Liberated In The Art Called Modern.