“I think the term 'conceptual art' is a useful term for writers, a basket to put people in, like Pop Art or Impressionism or whatever.” PeopleThinkingArtTermArt IsPopsBasketsPop ArtImpressionismConceptual Art Author:John Baldessari
“I think art, if it's meaningful at all, is a conversation with other artists. You say something, they say something, you move back and forth.” IfsThinkingArtMovingArtistConversationMeaningfulBack And Forth Author:John Baldessari
“A lot of ideas don't translate very well into art. To say, "Oh my god, the grass is green ..." You're going to end up with a big green painting.” WellsArtIdeasEndsBigsPaintingGreenGrassTranslate Author:John Baldessari
“I used to jokingly say, "I don't teach art. I'm an art doctor." Students come to me and say, "My art's sick," and we help them make it well.” WellsArtHelpingUsedTeachStudentsDoctorsSick Author:John Baldessari
“I can't imagine a life without thinking, doing art. I don't feel any need to be a world traveler or an adventurer. I'm very happy doing what I'm doing. I think somehow I know that I should have a larger vision of art, but I can't think of what that would be.” ThinkingKnowsWorldNeedsFeelsShouldArtI CanWould BeVisionImagineShould HaveTravelerVery HappyTravel The WorldAdventurer Author:John Baldessari
“That should be the goal for all art, to be as simple as a flashcard.” ShouldArtGoalSimple Author:John Baldessari
“The idea was to take fine art and put it into the location of the movie scripts. The script itself is collage - some of the lines come from actual movies and I've written others to make the text work with the found image. In this way, the details of old dead guys' paintings (from the collection of the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, where this work will be exhibited in relation to the historical paintings) become illustrations of the movie scripts. I found this mélange of high art and Hollywood amusing.” WayArtIdeasGuyFoundLinesWrittenPaintingFineHollywoodRelationHistoricalScriptsDetailsCollectionsMuseumsLocationAmusingFine ArtsIllustrationCollagesHigh ArtFrankfurt Author:John Baldessari
“I will not make anymore boring art.” ArtBoring Book:L.A. pop in the sixties Source: L.A. pop in the sixties
“Find the most puzzling kind of art you can think of, and then go out and try to approximate it with your camera. Take a photograph that corresponds to it. (Assignment to students.)” ThinkingTryingKindArtStudentsCamerasPhotographAssignmentsPuzzling Author:John Baldessari
“I was getting tired of hearing the complaint, "My kid could do this," and "We don't get it. What's modern art? Blah, blah, blah." And I wondered what would really happen if you gave people what they wanted, something they always look at.” PeopleIfsLooksArtHappensKidsWantedModernTiredHearingComplaintsModern ArtBlahGetting Tired Author:John Baldessari
“Talent is cheap, you have to be possessed or obsessed, rather. You really have to feel like you cannot not do art, and that is something you can't will.” FeelsArtTalentLike YouObsessedPossessed Author:John Baldessari
“I could never figure out why photography and art had separate histories. So I decided to explore both.” ArtFiguresPhotographyDecided Author:John Baldessari
