“I do not mind objects, but I do not care to make them.”

— Lawrence Weiner

Lawrence Weiner (1960s), quotes in: Edward Allington. " About Time http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/about_time/," in Frieze, Issue 92 June-August 2005

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