when i went to black mountain, i found that there were other people who spoke with tension, trying to find out what they didn’t know. everybody else before them had been happy with what they knew. they weren’t curious about what they didn’t know. probably the main description of the occupation of art is to find out what you don’t know. by starting someplace that’s curious and delving in, in a common way, and coming out with an uncommon satisfaction, an uncommon piece of knowledge, that is very satisfying to your nervous system.


john chamberlain