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“I emphatically denounce Paul Ryan's use of my song 'We're Not Gonna Take It' as recorded by my band Twisted Sister. There is almost nothing on which I agree with Paul Ryan, except perhaps the use of the P90X.”

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Dee Snider, born on March 15, 1955, is a renowned American singer-songwriter. He is best known for his role as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister, which achieved significant success in the 1980s. Snider is celebrated for his distinctive voice and stage presence, blending rock, heavy metal, and pop elements in his music. more

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Author:Donald Judd

“In the summer there are twelve cottonwoods around the pool, which in the winter become an elevated thicket. There is also a courtyard with a small garden of plants that stay green all year. The winter is bleak. This place is primarily for the installation of art, necessarily for whatever architecture of my own that can be included in an existing situation, for work, and altogether for my idea of living.”

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Book:Complete Writings, 1975-1986

Source: Complete Writings, 1975-1986

“Actual space is intrinsically more powerful and specific than paint on a flat surface.”

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Book:Complete Writings 1959-1975: Gallery Reviews, Book Reviews, Articles, Letters to the Editor, Reports, Statements, Complaints

Source: Complete Writings 1959-1975: Gallery Reviews, Book Reviews, Articles, Letters to the Editor, Reports, Statements, Complaints

“Art and architecture - all the arts - do not have to exist in isolation.”

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Book:Complete Writings, 1975-1986

Source: Complete Writings, 1975-1986

“Design has to work. Art does not.”

Author:Donald Judd

“You’re getting rid of the things that people used to think were essential to art. But that reduction is only incidental. I object to the whole reduction idea…if my work is reductionist it’s because it doesn’t have the elements that people thought should be there. But it has other elements I like.”

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Author:Donald Judd

“If a chair or a building is not functional, if it appears to be only art, it is ridiculous.”

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Author:Donald Judd

“It takes a great deal of time and thought to install work carefully. This should not always be thrown away. Most art is fragile and some should be placed and never moved again.”

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Book:Complete Writings, 1975-1986

Source: Complete Writings, 1975-1986

“The art and architecture of the past that we know is that which remains. The best is that which remains where it was painted, placed or built. Most of the art of the past that could be moved was taken by conquerors. Almost all recent art is conquered as soon as it's made, since it's first shown for sale and once sold is exhibited as foreign in the alien museums. The public has no idea of art other than that it is something portable that can be bought. There is no constructive effort; there is no cooperative effort. This situation is primitive in relation to a few earlier and better times.”

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Author:Donald Judd

“It isn't necessary for a work to have a lot of things to look at, to compare, to analyze one by one, to contemplate. The thing as a whole, its quality whole, is what is interesting. The main things are alone and are more intense, clear and powerful.”

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Book:Donald Judd: 1955-1968

Source: Donald Judd: 1955-1968