I think one of the purposes of art should be to keep us perceptually off balance. John Baldessari There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. There's your answer. Gertrude Stein Abstract art is uniquely modern. It is a fundamentally romantic response to modern life - rebellious, individualistic, unconventional, sensitive, irritable. Robert Motherwell Thank God there don’t seem to be any ‘isms’ today. I hate fashions. Betty Parsons