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title: "7 Art Context Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Art Context quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Art Context sayings and thoughts."
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> [I can consider not only great art, but the context in which that art has been created. I can consider the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-can-consider-not-only-great-art-but-the-context-in-which-that-art/)

[Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/roxane-gay-520_appreciate_i-can-consider-not-only-great-art-but-th_446284.png)

> [People act like art is a white thing - or not for people of colour - when, really, so much culture and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martine-syms/people-act-like-art-is-a-white-thing-or-not-for-people-of-colour-when/)

[Martine Syms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martine-syms/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/martine-syms-15826_art_people-act-like-art-is-a-white-thing-or_689554.jpg)

> [My first pieces, in an art context, were ways to get myself off the page and into real space. These photographic pieces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/my-first-pieces-in-an-art-context-were-ways-to-get-myself-off-the/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d92/vito-acconci-13895_activity_my-first-pieces-in-an-art-context-were-w_693670.jpg)

> [I like the boundaryless potential you get when you make work for a context that is open to interpretation. Thinking about an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-meckseper/i-like-the-boundaryless-potential-you-get-when-you-make-work-for-a/)

[Josephine Meckseper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-meckseper/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8c/josephine-meckseper-52887_art_i-like-the-boundaryless-potential-you-ge_822753.jpg)

> [Somewhere a portion of contemporary art has to exist as an example of what the art and its context were meant to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/somewhere-a-portion-of-contemporary-art-has-to-exist-as-an-example-of/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/donald-judd-14721_art_somewhere-a-portion-of-contemporary-art_1720129.jpg)

> [It takes a great deal of time and thought to install work carefully. This should not always be thrown away. Most art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/it-takes-a-great-deal-of-time-and-thought-to-install-work-carefully-2/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/donald-judd-14721_art_it-takes-a-great-deal-of-time-and-though_2467191.jpg)

> [Art is about the context in which it is made as much as the object itself; objects take on different meanings in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-slotover/art-is-about-the-context-in-which-it-is-made-as-much-as-the-object/)

[Matthew Slotover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-slotover/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/matthew-slotover-57157_art_art-is-about-the-context-in-which-it-is_3220563.jpg)

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