Allan Kaprow

"Nonart is whatever has not yet been accepted as art but has caught an artist's attention with that possiblity in mind. For those concerned, nonart (password one) exists only fleetingly, like some subatomic particle, or perhaps only as a postulate. Indeed, the moment any such example is offered publicly, it automatically becomes a type of art ... Nonart advocates, according to this description, are those who consistently, or at one time or other, have chosen to operate outside the pale of art establishments--that is, in their heads or in the daily or natural domain. At all times, however, they have informed the art establishment of their activities, to set into motion the uncertainties without which their acts would have no meaning." Allan Kaprow, Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life (University of California Press, 1993), 98.