If an artist does not have an erotic involvement with everything that he sees, he may as well give up. To be a human being may a very messy thing, but to be an artist is something else entirely, because art is religion, art is sex, art is society. Art is everything.
I was my own Peeping Tom. Because of the absence of people I could do anything, and if it wasn't good I could destroy it without damaging myself in t… - Lucas Samaras
I was my own Peeping Tom. Because of the absence of people I could do anything, and if it wasn't good I could destroy it without damaging myself in t…
- Lucas Samaras
You don’t have to say that nature is aware of your existence, that God knows you are here. The camera gives you proof that you have lived at least on… - Lucas Samaras
You don’t have to say that nature is aware of your existence, that God knows you are here. The camera gives you proof that you have lived at least on…
Making art is dealing with people on your own terms. The ideal way of using people is using them like clay, but that being out of the question, excep… - Lucas Samaras
Making art is dealing with people on your own terms. The ideal way of using people is using them like clay, but that being out of the question, excep…
...I started photographing myself, and found that I could see portions of myself that I had never seen before. Since I face just my face in the mirro… - Lucas Samaras
...I started photographing myself, and found that I could see portions of myself that I had never seen before. Since I face just my face in the mirro…
The Greek word for box is kouti which also means stupid. - Lucas Samaras
The Greek word for box is kouti which also means stupid.
At any rate, when I began photographing myself, I could place myself in poses that had not been investigated by other artists. It was an area other a… - Lucas Samaras
At any rate, when I began photographing myself, I could place myself in poses that had not been investigated by other artists. It was an area other a…
If an artist does not have an erotic involvement with everything that he sees, he may as well give up. To be a human being may a very messy thing, bu… - Lucas Samaras
If an artist does not have an erotic involvement with everything that he sees, he may as well give up. To be a human being may a very messy thing, bu…
I'm looking back at what I did and how it works. In a sense I'm waiting to see how people will respond. I'm waiting to see how you respond, without a… - Lucas Samaras
I'm looking back at what I did and how it works. In a sense I'm waiting to see how people will respond. I'm waiting to see how you respond, without a…
I am my own investigation territory. - Lucas Samaras
I am my own investigation territory.
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