Quotes from Allan Kaprow

it's not what artists touch that counts most. It's what they don't touch.

The line between art and life should be kept as fluid, and perhaps indistinct, as possible.

The young artist of today need no longer say 'I am a painter,' or 'a poet,' or 'a dancer.' He is simply an 'artist.' All of life will be open to him.

Doing life consciously was a compelling notion to me.

Some of us will probably become famous. It will be an ironic fame fashioned largely by those who have never seen our work.

This everyday world affects the way art is created as much as it conditions its response.

I am not so sure whether what we do now is art or something not quite art. If I call it art, it is because I wish to avoid the endless arguments some other name would bring forth.

A walk down 14th street is more amazing than any masterpiece of art.