Carl Andre
Carl Andre
Carl Andreis an American minimalist artist recognized for his ordered linear format and grid format sculptures. His sculptures range from large public artworksto more intimate tile patterns arranged on the floor of an exhibition space. In 1988, Andre was tried and acquitted in the death of his wife, artist Ana Mendieta...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSculptor
Date of Birth16 September 1935
CountryUnited States of America
new-york
When I came to New York, it was cheap!
long periods
I've often stopped working for long periods.
drinking long hanging-out
I was hanging out and drinking as long as I could afford it, or as long as somebody else could afford it.
feminist favors
I'm a feminist. I've always been in favor of women.
believe men i-believe
I believe that woman are superior to men.
girl men thinking
You can always find somebody to beat up. This goes back to the schoolyard. Most men would think, Don't chum with girls. But I chummed with girls.
art children thinking
I think it was Henry Moore who was asked where he got his ideas for his sculptures, and he said something like, "I continue to do as an adult the things I did as a child." I think that's what art is about.
children artist littles
Artists tend to be beyond embarrassment the way little children tend to be beyond embarrassment.
new-york expensive
New York is dead. It's too expensive.
artist over-you discovering-yourself
I've never been a representational artist at all. Most artists have been representational. That's when you discover yourself.
piano study
I didn't study the piano - the piano studied me.
men order beats
I didn't like men because they were so physically competitive. Men are always making a pecking order. "I can beat you up and you can beat him up ..."
men
I didn't like men, but I liked women.
girl mother home
The girls you picked up from the bars were not the girls you took home to mother.