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title: "3 Radical Art Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [I just try to get away with as much as I can. I don't think that's very radical in the art world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-mcgee/i-just-try-to-get-away-with-as-much-as-i-can-i-don-t-think-that-s/)

[Barry McGee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-mcgee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/barry-mcgee-23113_art_i-just-try-to-get-away-with-as-much-as-i_910724.jpg)

> [In retrospect I can see that my desire to create abstractions has become more and more radical. Art should not be delivering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andreas-gursky/in-retrospect-i-can-see-that-my-desire-to-create-abstractions-has/)

[Andreas Gursky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andreas-gursky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/andreas-gursky-33701_abstraction_in-retrospect-i-can-see-that-my-desire-t_1393723.png)

> [ \[The photographs\] were there simply to indicate a radical art that had already vanished. The photograph was necessary only as a residue… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-oppenheim/the-photographs-were-there-simply-to-indicate-a-radical-art-that-had/)

[Dennis Oppenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-oppenheim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f7/dennis-oppenheim-50499_art_the-photographs-were-there-simply-to-ind_3221685.png)

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