Gordon Matta-Clark famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Here is what we have to offer you in its most elaborate form -- confusion guided by a clear sense of purpose.
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You cut a hole in the building and people can look inside and see the way other people really lived.. it's making space without building it
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I like the idea that the sacred photo framing process is equally violatible and I think that's partly a carryover from the way I deal with structures to the way I deal with photography.
-- Gordon Matta-Clark
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The mind is intrinsically tranquil. Out of this tranquility, anxiety and confusion are born. If one sees and knows this confusion, then the mind is tranquil once more.
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The use of the polygraph has done little more than create confusion, ambiguity and mistakes.
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It is possible to resolve childhood repression safely and without confusion - something that has always been disputed by the most respected schools of thought.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event may my image or name or any music or any artistic property created by me be used for advertising purposes
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Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.
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Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God's creation.
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Clutter in its highest and most organized form is called collecting.
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There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of future ideas is impossible in soundbite form.
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We must reject dictatorship in whatever form it takes--and especially when it rears its head in our own midst on the bench.
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Games are the most elevated form of investigation.
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