The system is the work of art; the visual work of art is the proof of the System. The visual aspect can't be understood without understanding the system. It isn't what it looks like but what it is that is of basic importance.

I believe that the artist's involvement in the capitalist structure is disadvantageous to the artist and forces him to produce objects in order to live.

I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art.

The artist is seen like a producer of commodities, like a factory that turns our refrigerators.