«The idea of a primary condition
leads to scientific
and philosophical questions
which arerelevant,
although not determining,
but which are too large
and complex to try to understand here.
Tthe use of symmetry and asymmetry
is ours, and is related only indirectly,
in the nature of things,
as all things are, to the world…»
DONALD JUDD
«In the United States the present
time is becoming characterized
by the falsification of every
thing public, everything visible,
and even function, as hard
a fact as it seems,
is being perverted to decorative
and bureaucratic uses.»
DONALD JUDD (on symmetry)
Reasons for symmetry or
asymmetry should not
be made out of those aspects
as they occur in the world;
in fact, there
the distinction even holds.
«The primacy of symmetry
in art and architecture
is not very definitive
or restrictive because
there are so many kinds,
some very close to asymmetry,
such as some of the numerical
progressions that I use. … »
DONALD JUDD