"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."

--

Source : Stephen Walker, Gordon Matta-Clark (2009). “Gordon Matta-Clark: Art, Architecture and the Attack on Modernism”, I B Tauris & Company Limited

Gordon Matta-Clark

#Photography Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Pure logic could never lead us to anything but tautologies; it can create nothing new; not from it alone can any science issue.”
“I did that all the more, if I may say so, because I was aware of the fact that there is an inclination to go to extremes in German people, and in the German character generally.”
“The public discourse on global warming has little in common with the standards of scientific discourse. Rather, it is part of political discourse where comments are made to secure the political base and frighten the opposition rather than to illuminate issues. In political discourse, information is to be 'spun' to reinforce pre-existing beliefs, and to discourage opposition.”
“I will not allow myself to be so absorbed in the whirlwind of work as to forget about God. I will spend all my free moments at the feet of the Master hidden in the Blessed Sacrament. He has been tutoring me from my most tender years.”
“I would have been a visual artist. When I was in high school, that was one of the things... I had to make a decision what I was going to go to college for, and at the time, I also painted and sculpted. I got more attention for my performing, so I thought that was a better idea.”
“Bucket filling is in the eye of the bucket holder, not the bucket filler. Fill their buckets with things that are important to them ... not you.”
“I've been a huge Psychedelic Furs fan for a long time. I love Butler's paintings, too. I like all their songs. I'll even crank 'Pretty in Pink,' I don't care.”
“I don't think that my films are 'literary'; they are based on the most ordinary things of life.”

You may also like:

Bruce Nauman
Artist
John Baldessari
Artist
Laurie Anderson
Artist
Rachel Whiteread
Artist
Richard Serra
Sculptor
Robert Smithson
Artist
Trisha Brown
Choreographer
Vito Acconci
Designer
Wade Guyton
Artist