More by Donald Judd
The main virtue of geometric shapes is that they aren't organic, as all art otherwise is. A form that's neither geometric or organic would be a great discovery.
Donald Judd (1967)
Everything sculpture has, my work doesn’t.
Donald Judd (1967)
A work can be as powerful as it can be thought to be. Actual space is intrinsically more powerful and specific than paint on a flat surface.
Any combining, mixing, adding, diluting, exploiting, vulgarizing, or popularizing of abstract art deprives art of its essence and depraves the artist's artistic consciousness. Art is free, but it is not a free-for-all.
in: American Dialog, Vol. 1-5 (1964)
Since I leapt into the world an empiricist, ideality was not a quality I wanted.
Donald Judd in Art Journal (1981)
A work needs only to be interesting.
Material, space, and color are the main aspects of visual art. Everyone knows that there is material that can be picked up and sold, but no one sees space and color. Two of the main aspects of art are invisible; the basic nature of art is invisible.
Artforum International. Vol. 32 (1994)
I object very much when my work is said to not be political, because my feelings about the social system are in there somewhere. The idea is to have it all in there together—you can’t pull it out.
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