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Michael Craig-Martin Quotes

My great grandmother was Chinese Picture Quote #1

The art world, of all worlds, has room for everyone Picture Quote #1

When I look at the objects that I draw, it seems to me so obvious about the contemporary world - these are our world Picture Quote #1

‘Understanding’ art is like having a sense of humour - if you don’t have one, no amount of explanation is going to make you laugh Picture Quote #1

In Britain the power of authority was weakened. There was much more individual freedom and there was great academic freedom Picture Quote #1

When I told people that I was going to paint the big room magenta, many people thought that I was crazy Picture Quote #1

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If you try to copy something exactly you won’t get it correct, because you don’t share the same tradition and context Picture Quote #1

In my early work I didn’t use much colour. I had no confidence about how I could do this Picture Quote #1

I think that cultural influence is very deep, it is not on the surface and this is true in every culture Picture Quote #1

I was poorer than anyone I’d ever met. But it was a great time to be a young artist - I remember it as a period of exceptional creative freedom and adventure, when one was regularly presented with works of art unlike anything one had ever seen before Picture Quote #1

The person you admire was true to himself. You can only truly honour him by being true to yourself Picture Quote #1

If you close the door to the things you feel comfortable with, you will never discover the truth about yourself Picture Quote #1

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When I started teaching in the late 60s, in a time of student revolutions and changes, they changed in question of society and authority Picture Quote #1

My idea for every exhibition is we should be able to see every individual work without being distracted by the others, and it doesn’t matter if it’s quite crowded Picture Quote #1

In the period of 60s to the 90s, British art schools were small, and the number of student was small. The personal contact was great Picture Quote #1

I have never understood, for instance, why some people see contemporary art as divided between ‘painting’ and ‘conceptual art’, as though this represented a genuine division Picture Quote #1

I wanted to make new works of very contemporary objects, which I thought was interesting because many of them are manufactured in China, but these objects are universal, they go across all languages, all cultures Picture Quote #1

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My great grandmother was Chinese . (Michael Craig-Martin Quotes) The art world, of all worlds, has room for everyone (Michael Craig-Martin Quotes) When I look at the objects that I draw, it seems to me so obvious about the contemporary world - these are our world. (Michael Craig-Martin Quotes) ‘Understanding’ art is like having a sense of humour - if you don’t have one, no amount of explanation is going to make you laugh. (Michael Craig-Martin Quotes) In Britain the power of authority was weakened. There was much more individual freedom and there was great academic freedom. (Michael Craig-Martin Quotes) When I told people that I was going to paint the big room magenta, many people thought that I was crazy. (Michael Craig-Martin Quotes) If you try to copy something exactly you won’t get it correct, because you don’t share the same tradition and context. (Michael Craig-Martin Quotes) In my early work I didn’t use much colour. I had no confidence about how I could do this. (Michael Craig-Martin Quotes) I think that cultural influence is very deep, it is not on the surface and this is true in every culture. (Michael Craig-Martin Quotes) I was poorer than anyone I’d ever met. But it was a great time to be a young artist - I remember it as a period of exceptional creative freedom and adventure, when one was regularly presented with works of art unlike anything one had ever seen before. (Michael Craig-Martin Quotes) The person you admire was true to himself. You can only truly honour him by being true to yourself. (Michael Craig-Martin Quotes) If you close the door to the things you feel comfortable with, you will never discover the truth about yourself. (Michael Craig-Martin Quotes) When I started teaching in the late 60s, in a time of student revolutions and changes, they changed in question of society and authority. (Michael Craig-Martin Quotes) My idea for every exhibition is we should be able to see every individual work without being distracted by the others, and it doesn’t matter if it’s quite crowded. (Michael Craig-Martin Quotes) In the period of 60s to the 90s, British art schools were small, and the number of student was small. The personal contact was great. (Michael Craig-Martin Quotes) I have never understood, for instance, why some people see contemporary art as divided between ‘painting’ and ‘conceptual art’, as though this represented a genuine division. (Michael Craig-Martin Quotes) I wanted to make new works of very contemporary objects, which I thought was interesting because many of them are manufactured in China, but these objects are universal, they go across all languages, all cultures. (Michael Craig-Martin Quotes)