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
art exclusion unnecessary
Art is the exclusion of the unnecessary.
always-trying perfect people
The world is imperfect, and young people are always trying to perfect it and they always fail - which is a good thing. Who'd want to live in a perfect world?
art spring desire
My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.
children artist littles
Artists tend to be beyond embarrassment the way little children tend to be beyond embarrassment.
art men mountain
A man climbs a mountain because it is there. An artist makes a work of art because it is not there.
art needs intersections
Art is an intersection of many human needs.
artist firsts used
I was one of the first post-studio artists. I used to do my works in the streets. I used to find them in the streets, and I used to leave them in the streets.
block space inward
I was never good at painting. The great turning point came when I had a block of wood and I carved a shape into the wood and put a small piece of timber into that space - like a negative - and so it made an endless column, only inward.
publicity
Americans understand better than the Europeans and the English that any publicity is good.
children
I never stopped doing what I did as a child.
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.
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.
block way sculpture
Why carve? It's a better sculpture that way. I'll never improve the block. So I just started using uncarved blocks.
usage turns universal
Once you turn something into something, its universal usage is over.