"My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light."

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Source : Corinna Thierolf, Dan Flavin, Johannes Vogt (2009). “Dan Flavin: Icons”, Schirmer/Mosel Verlag Gmbh

Dan Flavin

#Blessed Quotes #Light Quotes #Icons Quotes

“It is one of the ironies of biographical art that some details are more relevant than others, and many details have no relevance at all.”
“I love listening to other musicians and seeing what they do to gain their distinctive respective sounds and edge.”
“If you ever got me, you wouldn't have a clue what to do with me.”
“We are involved in a historic restructuring of the world economy. Virtually every country that matters has been striving to pursue the same economic model, and has bought into a set of market-based principles that has brought new players on the stage and new markets. We have to take full advantage.”
“Trust emerges when we have a sense that another person or organization is driven by things other than their own self-gain.”
“Hi," Kami said to Dorothy, the head librarianâ€¦"Can you tell me where I could find the books on Satanism?" Twenty minutes later, she had Dorothy convinced that it was for a school project, and she really did not have to telephone Kami's parents.”
“A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.”
“Literature is news that stays news.”

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