"Somewhere a portion of contemporary art has to exist as an example of what the art and its context were meant to be."

-- Donald Judd

#Art Quotes #Example Quotes #Were Meant To Be Quotes

“If the Holocaust that you talk about was real, why don't you allow the subject to be studied? One can freely research any issue, except for this issue, which is sealed. It is a black box, which they do not allow to be opened or reexamined. They do this in order to exploit it.”
“God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.”
“No one said you can't go outside the lines.”
“Rather than lose the public because television is here, wouldn't it be smart to adopt television as our instrument?”
“Advertising prods people into wanting more and better things. Of course advertising makes people dissatisfied with what they have - makes them raise their sights. Mighty good thing it does. Nothing could be worse for the United States than 200,000,000 satisfied Americans.”
“When I was a college student at Yale, I was studying physics and mathematics and was absolutely intent on becoming a theoretical physicist.”
“KuanÂ Yew, I can never trust you as a politician.”
“While we are alive we should sit among colored lights and taste good wines, and discuss our adventures in far places; when we are dead, the opportunity is past.”

Source : Jack Vance (2007). “The Jack Vance Treasury”, Subterranean

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