It's The Viewer That Makes The Work.

You Know Exactly What I Think Of Photography. I Would Like To See It Make People Despise Painting Until Something Else Will Make Photography Unbearable. (in A Letter To Alfred Stieglitz)

While All Artists Are Not Chess Players, All Chess Players Are Artists.

Aesthetic Delectation Is The Danger To Be Avoided.

The Individual, Man As A Man, Man As A Brain, If You Like, Interests Me More Than What He Makes, Because I've Noticed That Most Artists Only Repeat Themselves.

I Am Interested In Ideas, Not Merely In Visual Products.