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Famous John Baldessari Quotes
“I go back and forth between wanting to be abundantly simple and maddeningly complex.”
“Most of my friends are women. I think women are more interesting to talk to.”
“That should be the goal for all art, to be as simple as a flashcard.”
“I will not make anymore boring art.”
Source: L.A. pop in the sixties
“Photos should suggest a word(s) and vice versa. They should be equal and interchangeable.”
“Ideally I would like the work to be a hybrid between painting and photography.”
“I want to produce images that startle one into recollection.”
Source: John Baldessari: National City
“If I saw the art around me that I liked, then I wouldn't do art.”
“A TWO-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE WITHOUT ANY ARTICULATION IS A DEAD EXPERIENCE”
Source: Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years
“Probably one of the worst things that happened to photography is that cameras have viewfinders.”