Gregory Battcock was an American art critic and writer, who performed in Eating Too Fast, a 1966 Andy Warhol film made at the Factory. Wikipedia
“Before man was aware of art he was aware of himself.”
L’Art Corporel, 1979
Context: Before man was aware of art he was aware of himself. Awareness of the person is, then, the first art. In performance art the figure of the artist is the tool for the art. It is the art.
1984, p. 5
L’Art Corporel, 1979
“Video art is art that will stretch the boundaries of the art world.”
Gregory Battcock early 1970s, as quoted in: "Art history course 2013-14," at uchicago.edu, Department of Art History, 18 Feb. 2014.
Gregory Battcock. New Artists’ Video, an anthology, (1978) p. xiii. Introduction:
Listing of the several general questions to which video art gave rise to in those days.