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> [The young artist... will discover out of ordinary things the meaning of ordinariness. He will not try to make them extraordinary. Only their real meaning will be stated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-kaprow/the-young-artist-will-discover-out-of-ordinary-things-the-meaning-of/)

[Allan Kaprow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-kaprow/)

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> [The young artist of today need no longer say 'I am a painter,' or 'a poet,' or 'a dancer.' He is simply an 'artist.' All of life will be open to him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-kaprow/the-young-artist-of-today-need-no-longer-say-i-am-a-painter-or-a-poet/)

[Allan Kaprow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-kaprow/)

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## More by Allan Kaprow

> [The young artist... will discover out of ordinary things the meaning of ordinariness. He will not try to make them extraordinary. Only their real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-kaprow/the-young-artist-will-discover-out-of-ordinary-things-the-meaning-of/)

[Allan Kaprow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-kaprow/)

> [In this context of achievement-and-death, artist who make Happenings are living out the purest melodrama. Their activity embodies the myth of nonsuccess, for Happenings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-kaprow/in-this-context-of-achievement-and-death-artist-who-make-happenings/)

[Allan Kaprow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-kaprow/)

> [Some of us will probably become famous. It will be an ironic fame fashioned largely by those who have never seen our work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-kaprow/some-of-us-will-probably-become-famous-it-will-be-an-ironic-fame/)

[Allan Kaprow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-kaprow/)

> [The line between art and life should be kept as fluid, and perhaps indistinct, as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-kaprow/the-line-between-art-and-life-should-be-kept-as-fluid-and-perhaps/)

[Allan Kaprow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-kaprow/)

> [Doing life consciously was a compelling notion to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-kaprow/doing-life-consciously-was-a-compelling-notion-to-me/)

[Allan Kaprow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-kaprow/)

> [The young artist of today need no longer say 'I am a painter,' or 'a poet,' or 'a dancer.' He is simply an 'artist.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-kaprow/the-young-artist-of-today-need-no-longer-say-i-am-a-painter-or-a-poet/)

[Allan Kaprow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-kaprow/)

> [Objects of every sort are materials for the new art: paint, food, chairs, electric and neon lights, smoke, water, old socks, a dog, movies,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-kaprow/objects-of-every-sort-are-materials-for-the-new-art-paint-food-chairs/)

[Allan Kaprow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-kaprow/)

> [This everyday world affects the way art is created as much as it conditions its response.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-kaprow/this-everyday-world-affects-the-way-art-is-created-as-much-as-it/)

[Allan Kaprow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-kaprow/)

> [You can't teach colour from Cézanne, you can only teach it from something like this bubble-gum wrapper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-kaprow/you-can-t-teach-colour-from-c-zanne-you-can-only-teach-it-from/)

[Allan Kaprow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-kaprow/)

> [A walk down 14th street is more amazing than any masterpiece of art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-kaprow/a-walk-down-14th-street-is-more-amazing-than-any-masterpiece-of-art/)

[Allan Kaprow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-kaprow/)

> [I am not so sure whether what we do now is art or something not quite art. If I call it art, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-kaprow/i-am-not-so-sure-whether-what-we-do-now-is-art-or-something-not-quite/)

[Allan Kaprow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-kaprow/)

> [Our advanced art approaches a fragile but marvelous life, one that maintains itself by a mere thread, melting into an elusive, changeable configuration, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-kaprow/our-advanced-art-approaches-a-fragile-but-marvelous-life-one-that/)

[Allan Kaprow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-kaprow/)

> [Artist refers to a person, willfully enmeshed in a dilemma of categories, who performs as if none of them existed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-kaprow/artist-refers-to-a-person-willfully-enmeshed-in-a-dilemma-of/)

[Allan Kaprow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-kaprow/)

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