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> [Somewhere a portion of contemporary art has to exist as an example of what the art and its context were meant to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/somewhere-a-portion-of-contemporary-art-has-to-exist-as-an-example-of/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

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> [It takes a great deal of time and thought to install work carefully. This should not always be thrown away. Most art is fragile and some should be placed and never moved again. Somewhere a portion of contemporary art has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/it-takes-a-great-deal-of-time-and-thought-to-install-work-carefully-2/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

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## More by Donald Judd

> [But I think you have to - whatever the environment looks like, it does enter into people's art work one way or another; it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/but-i-think-you-have-to-whatever-the-environment-looks-like-it-does/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

> [I pay a lot of attention to how things are done and the whole activity of building something is interesting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/i-pay-a-lot-of-attention-to-how-things-are-done-and-the-whole/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

> [But I think that's a particular kind of experience involving a certain immediacy between you and the canvass, you and the particular kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/but-i-think-that-s-a-particular-kind-of-experience-involving-a/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

> [The older painting - well, it does have an effect all at once, I suppose, but it's of a lesser intensity than a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/the-older-painting-well-it-does-have-an-effect-all-at-once-i-suppose/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

> [Well, I am not interested in the kind of expression that you have when you paint a painting with brush strokes. It's all right,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/well-i-am-not-interested-in-the-kind-of-expression-that-you-have-when/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

> [Well, there's a morality in that you want your work to be good, I suppose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/well-there-s-a-morality-in-that-you-want-your-work-to-be-good-i/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

> [There's probably more in the American tradition than people give the place credit for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/there-s-probably-more-in-the-american-tradition-than-people-give-the/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

> [Usually when someone says a thing is too simple, they're saying that certain familiar things aren't there, and they're seeing a couple maybe that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/usually-when-someone-says-a-thing-is-too-simple-they-re-saying-that/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

> [I think most of the art now is involved with a denial of any kind of absolute morality, or general morality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/i-think-most-of-the-art-now-is-involved-with-a-denial-of-any-kind-of/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

> [Art and architecture -- all the arts -- do not have to exist in isolation,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/art-and-architecture-all-the-arts-do-not-have-to-exist-in-isolation/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

> [Color, to continue had to occur in space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/color-to-continue-had-to-occur-in-space/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

> [I think some of the things I deal with Hopper probably has dealt with also, since it's somewhat the same environment and I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/i-think-some-of-the-things-i-deal-with-hopper-probably-has-dealt-with/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

> [If a chair or a building is not functional … it is ridiculous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/if-a-chair-or-a-building-is-not-functional-it-is-ridiculous/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

> [It isn't necessary for a work to have a lot of things to look at, to compare, to analyze one by one, to contemplate.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/it-isn-t-necessary-for-a-work-to-have-a-lot-of-things-to-look-at-to/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

> [Any combining, mixing, adding, diluting, exploiting, vulgarizing, or popularizing of abstract art deprives art of its essence and depraves the artist's artistic consciousness. Art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/any-combining-mixing-adding-diluting-exploiting-vulgarizing-or/)

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