Carl Andre Quotes

"I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs."
- Carl Andre
(Related: Art, Needs)

"It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time. Any living organism has an environment."
- Carl Andre
(Related: Time, Artist, Environment, Living)

"Matter as matter rather than matter as symbol is a conscious political position, essentially Marxist."
- Carl Andre
(Related: Symbol)

"My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there."
- Carl Andre
(Related: Art, Desire, World)

"My art will reflect not necessarily conscious politics but the unanalysed politics of my life."
- Carl Andre
(Related: Art, Life, Politics, Will)

"A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general environment more conspicuous."
- Carl Andre
(Related: Environment)