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We were brought up in a world which was based on Aristotle. Science-wise and everything, that's really quite exciting and you learn a lot. There was one problem: there were parallel realities. And in a parallel reality, there's always one reality that's the prime and the second is always a secondary. And everything's a reflection of something else.

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Lawrence Weiner
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: January 1
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Once you know about a work of mine you own it. There's no way I can climb inside somebody's head and remove it.
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Like the people that in the 60s or 70s claimed the end of painting - all they did was open up a whole new branch for painting. Happily, it doesn't work. It's not a reason for art. Closing something out is not a reason for something to exist.
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