Carl Andre — American Artist born on September 16, 1935,

Carl Andre is an American minimalist artist recognized for his ordered linear format and grid format sculptures. His sculptures range from large public artworks to more intimate tile patterns arranged on the floor of an exhibition space. In 1988, Andre was tried and acquitted in the death of his wife, artist Ana Mendieta... (wikipedia)

A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general environment more conspicuous.
Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.
It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time. Any living organism has an environment.
I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.