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I'm surprised when the work appears beautiful, and very pleased. and i think work can be very good and very successful without being able to call it beautiful, although i'm not clear about that. the work is good when it has a certain completeness; and when it's got a certain completeness, then it's beautiful.
-Bruce Nauman
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I'm Surprised When The Work Appears Beautiful,

Bruce Nauman
I'm surprised when the work appears beautiful, and very pleased. and i think work can be very good and very successful without being able to call it beautiful, although i'm not clear about that. the work is good when it has a certain completeness; and when it's got a certain completeness, then it's beautiful.
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One of the questions i often get asked is, "were you surprised that trump won?" i always answer the same way: "i was surprised, i am surprised and i will never stop being surprised."
I would say about individuals, a individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. i am surprised every morning when i see the sunshine again. when i see an act of evil i don't accomodate, i don't accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere. i am still so surprised! that is why i am against it. we must learn to be surprised.
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