“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
“Most of my friends are women. I think women are more interesting to talk to.” ThinkingInterestingMy Friends Author:John Baldessari
“I think I live such a boring life. But I can't imagine any other kind of life, so I guess it's the life I want.” ThinkingWantKindI CanImagineBoringBoring Life 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
“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 teaching live drawing in a community college and students started zoning in on the face and spending a couple of hours on that and then putting the rest of the body on the face only in the last hour. It didn't work to just tell them, 'Well, you're really not thinking of the body as a totality.' So in desperation I would put a drape over the model's head so they couldn't see it. They had to draw the body and then at the end of the session for an hour I would take the drape off just to try to reverse their procedure.” ThinkingTryingWellsEndsBodyLastsFacesCommunityHoursTeachingStudentsCollegeCoupleModelsDrawsSpendingDrawingReverseDesperationSessionProceduresTotalityCommunity CollegeDrapes Author:John Baldessari
