22 quotes found
Artist · British · 1965
British artist (born 1965)
“I always ignore money.”
“The best spot painting you can have by me is one painted by Rachel.”
“I started taking cocaine and drink ... I turned into a babbling fucking wreck.”
“I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work.”
“It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-Level art, a twisted imagination and a chainsaw.”
“I like the confusion you get between science and religion thats where belief lies and art as well.”
“Painting is so poetic, while sculpture is more logical and scientific and makes you worry about gravity.”
“I was taught to confront things you can't avoid. Death is one of those things. To live in a society where you're trying not to look at it is stupid because looking at death throws us back into life...”
“In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.”
“Kids are naturally gifted at art from a very young age. The problem is when they get older and become self-conscious. The process should always be fun, though.”
“But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - or at least you think you are. The possibilities are limitless, you're inventing the future. Then you get older an...”
“Great art - or good art - is when you look at it, experience it and it stays in your mind. I don't think conceptual art and traditional art are all that different.”
“I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great.”
“I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got to be very careful that it's not motivating you.”
“No, I don't believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt.”
“Here's one from me: 'You have to be aware that everyone else is thinking far too hard about themselves to be thinking about you, whoever you are.' If you want it, you can have it. Once you know tha...”
“I like the confusion you get between science and religion … that’s where belief lies and art as well.”
“I can’t wait to get into a position to make really bad art and get away with it. At the moment if I did certain things people would look at it, consider it and then say f off. But after a while you...”
“I was with this guy who was a plasterer, and at lunchtime he was eating a stuffed heart . . . I was thinking, I'm not like these guys. I'm an artist. And I saw a bee come over to some flowers and g...”
“I just wanted to find out where the boundaries were. So far I've found there aren't any. I just wanted to be stopped, and no one will stop me.”
