"The potential of the white cube is now in the tension implied by a space outside society that can be subverted or misused by artists wanting to engage in the world"

- Charles Esche in MJ - Manifesta Journal N°1.

Source: Interview with Charles Esche in ch. "Whiteness & Cubicalism" in Zabel, Igor and Viktor Misiano (eds). 2008. MJ - Manifesta Journal. N°1, Spring / Summer 2003 : journal of contemporary curatorship : the revenge of the white cube? ; MJ - Manifesta Journal. N°2, Winter 2003 / Spring 2004 : biennials ; MJ - Manifesta Journal. N°3, Spring / Summer 2004 : exhibition as a dream. Milano: Silvana 2008. ISBN 8836611982.