Volume one of a two volume compendium of texts by John Baldessari, edited by Meg Cranston and Hans Ulrich Obrist. "This volume spanning 1957 - 1974, includes numerous never-before-published texts as well as texts that illustrate Baldessari's compositions of words, which achieve both literary and graphic impact...'More Than You Wanted to Know About John Baldessari' is the first complete collection of the writings of artist John Baldessari." --publisher's statement.