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"Time is what you have left.. ..you just march with it and use it the best you can."
Frank StellaThey are more complex to begin with, but their organization, the way t — Frank Stella
"They are more complex to begin with, but their organization, the way they end up being put together, isnt that different. You cant shake your own sensibility. No matter what the concept is; the artists eye decides when its right ... which is a notion of sensibility."
Frank Stella
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Frank Philip Stella was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. He lived and worked in New York City for much of his career before moving his studio to Rock Tavern, New York. Stella's work catalyzed the minimalist movement in the late 1950s. He moved to New York City in the late 1950s, where he created works which
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"They just want to get a handle on you and the idea, and thats enough. Some people sense more but they dont really get into it because its going one step too far. But the whole idea of making art is to be open, to be generous, and absorb the viewer and absorb yourself, to let them go into it. I have to go into all those places in order to make it work."
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"People say that the paintings are always big because theyre striving for effect, but theyre also big so that I dont trip over myself, so that I have room to work, and people can come in and be comfortable."
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"If we are the best, it is only fair that they imitate us."
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