John Baldessari Quotes

United States, Artist
July 17, 1931 – January, 2, 2020.

John Anthony Baldessari is an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. He lives and works in Santa Monica and Venice, California.

When I went to art school, I was just having fun. I realised that was the last chance I had, and then I would have to get a job.

John Baldessari
- School
- Art
- Job
I go back and forth between wanting to be abundantly simple and maddeningly complex.

John Baldessari
- Simple

I could never figure out why photography and art had separate histories. So I decided to explore both.

John Baldessari
- Why
- Art
- Photography
It's human desire to be understood. And we always feel we're not understood.

John Baldessari
- Desire
That word 'funny' always makes me feel uncomfortable. Because if I were trying to be funny, I would be something like Bill Wegman - he really tries to be funny. I don't try to be funny. It's just that I feel the world is a little bit absurd and off-kilter, and I'm sort of reporting.

John Baldessari
- World
- Trying
- Funny
I guess I get bored easily, and thank God. I don't want to all my life pound only the same key, although some artists do it very effectively. I'm not trying to denigrate anybody.

John Baldessari
- Life
- God
- Trying