Donald Judd

1928 Excelsior Springs / Missouri, USA - 1994 New York, USA

"Three dimensions are real space. That gets rid of the problem of illusionism and of literal space, [...] the several limits of painting are no longer present. [...] Actual space is intrinsically more powerfull and specific than paint on a flat surface. Obviously, anything in three dimensions can be any shape, regular or irregular, and can have any relation to the wall, floor, ceiling, room, rooms, or exterior or none at all. Any material can be used, as it is or painted. A work needs only to be interresting."

Donald Judd quoted from Specific Objects in Contemporary Sculpture, Arts Yearbook, VIII, 1965, p. 74-82