Whatever happens to the art world, art will go on regardless. As for obscurity, it looms just over the horizon beckoning us… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
Sometimes we look at a work of art and we immediately think that it is German art, but with some we don't,… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
When I go to China I see many artists whose work reflects on aspects of contemporary popular culture but obviously the history… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
In the period of '60s to the '90s, British art schools were small, and the number of student was small. The personal… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I am personally happy for artists to make as much money as they can while they can to carry them through the… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
As an artist you are free to use any image, any style, any idea from any culture and any period of history. — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
'Understanding' art is like having a sense of humour - if you don't have one, no amount of explanation is going to… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I try to make images that have the immediate presence we take for granted in objects - a chair, a shoe, a… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
There is a complete difference between art and the art market. Prices are high now for the simple reason that there are… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I don't like the idea of nationalism, but on the other hand, I do see that there is a difference between British… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I was poorer than anyone I'd ever met. But it was a great time to be a young artist - I remember… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I think that the exchange is very important. Before I did the exhibition in Shanghai, I was a judge for the John… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
When I was in Wuhan, I went to the art school, which was one of the most important art schools in China,… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
It's just that some things more important for this and less important for that, and this is true regardless the style of… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I have never understood, for instance, why some people see contemporary art as divided between 'painting' and 'conceptual art', as though this… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I think from an artist's point of view, everything in art, in fact everything in the world is available as material. — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I do think I paid a price as an artist, and I am trying to make up for it now - I… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
The internet has extended the possibility of making art to more people, and particularly of enabling it to be seen by others.… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
For example, in England, we teach about Expressionism, but it is not the same in England as it is in Germany, because… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
There is no doubt when one comes from the West to China one understands pop art as having originally developed as part… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
You can't honour someone by copying them or trying to be exactly like them. — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
There is a complete difference between art and the art market. Prices are high now for the simple reason that there are people are… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I had my exhibition of paintings first in Shanghai, and then recently in Wuhan. Wuhan particularly interested me, because I am 1/8 Chinese. — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I try to make images that have the immediate presence we take for granted in objects - a chair, a shoe, a book, a… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
You can see in my paintings, I've taken away the context, I've taken away the shadows, I've taken away expression, I've taken away the… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
When I told people that I was going to paint the big room magenta, many people thought that I was crazy. — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I don't like the idea of nationalism, but on the other hand, I do see that there is a difference between British art, German… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I was poorer than anyone I'd ever met. But it was a great time to be a young artist - I remember it as… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
[I] don't want people to see it [paintings] as a specific intention on my part. If somebody has that interest in these objects, of… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I've taken away everything I could think of, and yet what remains is enough. These days many more people come to my work, and… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
In the period of '60s to the '90s, British art schools were small, and the number of student was small. The personal contact was… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
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