Think about it: you’ve already related it down to something that somebody else can understand. If art relates to something – it’s like Picasso, it’s like Mondrian – it’s not. Art’s supposed to be what it is. Using a reference of art history might help for some kind of sales, but it doesn’t really help anybody. Art is what it is; it cannot be footnoted, until it enters the world. Then it has a history. Then the footnotes are the history, not the explanation.
