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The acquisition of my tape recorder (camera) really finished whatever emotional life I might have had, but I was glad to see it go. Nothing was ever a problem again, because a problem just meant a good tape (photo), and when a problem transforms itself into a good tape (photo) its not a problem anymore. An interesting problem was an interesting tape (photo). Everybody knew that and performed for the tape (photo). You couldn’t tell which problems were real and which problems were exaggerated for the tape (photo). Better yet, the people telling you the problems couldn’t decide anymore if they were really having problems or if they were just performing. —Andy Warhol, BOMB 5, 1983, photo by Richard Prince

The acquisition of my tape recorder (camera) really finished whatever emotional life I might have had, but I was glad to see it go. Nothing was ever a problem again, because a problem just meant a good tape (photo), and when a problem transforms itself into a good tape (photo) its not a problem anymore. An interesting problem was an interesting tape (photo). Everybody knew that and performed for the tape (photo). You couldn’t tell which problems were real and which problems were exaggerated for the tape (photo). Better yet, the people telling you the problems couldn’t decide anymore if they were really having problems or if they were just performing.

—Andy Warhol, BOMB 5, 1983, photo by Richard Prince

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