“I see the object. I translate that seeing into vision. I encode that vision into language, and append whatever speculations and special pleading I deem appropriate to the occasion. At this point, whatever I have writing departs. It inters the historical past"(166). This quote pretty much says everything I want to about artist statements and how to use them. If the object translates into a strong enough vision, then encoding that that into language seem almost pointless? I’m not saying that I don’t think artist statements have their place, I do. I just believe that they are slightly overused by the average college student.