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> [My first pieces, in an art context, were ways to get myself off the page and into real space. These photographic pieces were ways to, literally, throw myself into my environment. They were photographs not of an activity, but through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/my-first-pieces-in-an-art-context-were-ways-to-get-myself-off-the/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d92/vito-acconci-13895_activity_my-first-pieces-in-an-art-context-were-w_693670.jpg)

## More by Vito Acconci

> [I like Richard Serra sculptures too but I wish they had a goddamn hot dog stand inside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/i-like-richard-serra-sculptures-too-but-i-wish-they-had-a-goddamn-hot/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [It was an incredible way to grow up, because words that you're taught - these definite things - you realize they sort of beautifully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/it-was-an-incredible-way-to-grow-up-because-words-that-you-re-taught/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [Architecture is inherently a totalitarian activity. One thing we hate about it is that when you design a space, you're probably designing people's behavior…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/architecture-is-inherently-a-totalitarian-activity-one-thing-we-hate/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [ \[Photography was necessary to\] make my place in the art-world: in order to do this, I had to make a picture, since a picture… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/photography-was-necessary-to-make-my-place-in-the-art-world-in-order/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [Especially once those poetry events began, because, yeah, the stuff was still on the page, but the page was starting to spill into real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/especially-once-those-poetry-events-began-because-yeah-the-stuff-was/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [I became much more interested in plot when I really didn't consider myself a writer anymore. When I was in an art context and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/i-became-much-more-interested-in-plot-when-i-really-didn-t-consider/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [The kind of influence you want is a much deeper influence. It's like empowerment. Things are like this, but what if they were like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/the-kind-of-influence-you-want-is-a-much-deeper-influence-it-s-like/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [If something's public then it seems like the important thing is the person in that public. And the notion of rhetoric. I went to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/if-something-s-public-then-it-seems-like-the-important-thing-is-the/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [Everybody uses labels: they give you a handle on things - an over-simplified handle, sure, but without labels, without ads, without words, the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/everybody-uses-labels-they-give-you-a-handle-on-things-an-over/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [My first pieces, in an art context, were ways to get myself off the page and into real space. These photographic pieces were ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/my-first-pieces-in-an-art-context-were-ways-to-get-myself-off-the/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [I came from the time of so-called New Criticism - the poem in itself, the writing in itself - but around that time I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/i-came-from-the-time-of-so-called-new-criticism-the-poem-in-itself/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [There's a legal term for a problem in public space: something that might draw people to an area-say, across train tracks-where they might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/there-s-a-legal-term-for-a-problem-in-public-space-something-that/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [Public space can be a lot better with some private space to contradict it and vice versa. It keeps the system alive. If the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/public-space-can-be-a-lot-better-with-some-private-space-to/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [As a kid I learned notions of art and notions of not having any money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/as-a-kid-i-learned-notions-of-art-and-notions-of-not-having-any-money/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [Maybe I had to stop photographing so that I could learn to touch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/maybe-i-had-to-stop-photographing-so-that-i-could-learn-to-touch/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

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