“I know what I want, but it's physically beyond me now. I can work on what I can handle. It's a playoff between the object and my physical limits.”

—  Frank Stella

Source: Quotes, 1971 - 2000, Bomb: X Motion Picture and Center for New Art Activities, 2000, p. 28.

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