My art will reflect not necessarily conscious politics but the unanalysed politics of my life. – Carl Andre
My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there. – Carl Andre
A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general environment more conspicuous. – Carl Andre
Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life. – Carl Andre
Matter as matter rather than matter as symbol is a conscious political position, essentially Marxist. – Carl Andre
It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time. Any living organism has an environment. – Carl Andre
