deferring thought. /// how do I… [ goes with How Does X ]

Claudia Jolles: “Are there artistic ideas that you didn’t realize because they were done before?”

Donald Judd: “Not really. I wouldn’t worry about it if someone did do it. For example, I held off using Cor-ten for awhile because Richard Serra started using it. I don’t know when I thought about it in relation to when he started – it doesn’t matter. The surface seemed rather soft to me. So I didn’t use it, and anyway it was beyond my money at the time. Then he started working with it and I thought, well, that kind of takes care of that, I shouldn’t use it. But after awhile I thought, that is ridiculous. If I use it, I use it. I started to make pieces. The surface turned not to be so soft. Barnett Newman used it too, he probably was the first one.” Interview from April 5, 1990.

 

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