The one thing to say about art is that it is one thing. Art is art-as-art and everything else is everything else. Art-as-art is nothing but art. Art … - Ad Reinhardt

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The one thing to say about art is that it is one thing. Art is art-as-art and everything else is everything else. Art-as-art is nothing but art. Art is not what is not art.

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About Ad Reinhardt

Adolph Dietrich Friedrich Reinhardt ("Ad" Reinhardt) (December 24, 1913 – August 30, 1967) was a painter, writer, and pioneer of conceptual and minimal art. He was also a critic of abstract expressionism.

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Pen Names: Reinhardt, Adolph Frederick
Alternative Names: Adolph Frederick Reinhardt Adolph Frederick. Reinhardt Adolph F. Reinhardt Adolph Dietmar Friedrich Reinhardt Adolph Dietrich Friedrich Reinhardt Ad F. Reinhardt Adolph Friedrich Reinhardt A. D. F. Reinhardt
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The one standard in art is oneness and fineness, rightness and purity, abstractness and evanescence. The one thing to say about art is, its breathlessness, lifelessness, deathlessness, contentlessness, formlessness, spacelessness, and timelessness. This is always the end of art.

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