“The furniture is comfortable to me. Rather than making a chair to sleep in or a machine to live it, it is better to make a bed. A straight chair is best for eating or writing. The third position is standing.”

—  Donald Judd

Source: 1990s, "It’s Hard to Find a Good Lamp," 1993, p. 21

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