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> [I sometimes am challenged to imagine where the timbre of art should be. Should it be about objects that point to this current moment, or how objects are related to ideas of this current moment?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theaster-gates/i-sometimes-am-challenged-to-imagine-where-the-timbre-of-art-should/)

[Theaster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theaster-gates/)

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## More by Theaster Gates

> [If we imagine that the only right that we have is to make commodifiable objects, then we limit our practice, and we limit the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theaster-gates/if-we-imagine-that-the-only-right-that-we-have-is-to-make/)

[Theaster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theaster-gates/)

> [I have the willingness to think fully about where opportunities are and where they live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theaster-gates/i-have-the-willingness-to-think-fully-about-where-opportunities-are/)

[Theaster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theaster-gates/)

> [Modernism was influenced by what they call a primativist ethic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theaster-gates/modernism-was-influenced-by-what-they-call-a-primativist-ethic/)

[Theaster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theaster-gates/)

> [The reason artists want to have works in museums is that we want our works to be seen by as many people as possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theaster-gates/the-reason-artists-want-to-have-works-in-museums-is-that-we-want-our/)

[Theaster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theaster-gates/)

> [There were a series of moments when I decided that art was important, and it was an important vehicle for me to express my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theaster-gates/there-were-a-series-of-moments-when-i-decided-that-art-was-important/)

[Theaster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theaster-gates/)

> [It's not really about the material. It's about our capacity to shape things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theaster-gates/it-s-not-really-about-the-material-it-s-about-our-capacity-to-shape/)

[Theaster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theaster-gates/)

> [I'm not a preacher, but I preach. I'm not a Buddhist, but I chant. I'm not race theorist, but I have questions and ponderances…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theaster-gates/i-m-not-a-preacher-but-i-preach-i-m-not-a-buddhist-but-i-chant-i-m/)

[Theaster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theaster-gates/)

> [Sometimes the creating that we do is creating a platform that allows other creative people to pitch in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theaster-gates/sometimes-the-creating-that-we-do-is-creating-a-platform-that-allows/)

[Theaster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theaster-gates/)

> [The reality in the neighborhood that I live in is: if I don't constantly reconcile what I have against what other people don't, either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theaster-gates/the-reality-in-the-neighborhood-that-i-live-in-is-if-i-don-t/)

[Theaster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theaster-gates/)

> [I actually no longer use 'art' as the framing device. I think I'm just kind of practicing things, practicing life, practicing creation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theaster-gates/i-actually-no-longer-use-art-as-the-framing-device-i-think-i-m-just/)

[Theaster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theaster-gates/)

> [I think I'm passionately allowing myself to be influenced by the things that are around me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theaster-gates/i-think-i-m-passionately-allowing-myself-to-be-influenced-by-the/)

[Theaster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theaster-gates/)

> [All kinds of performance practices have a certain register of power or solemnity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theaster-gates/all-kinds-of-performance-practices-have-a-certain-register-of-power/)

[Theaster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theaster-gates/)

> [I sometimes am challenged to imagine where the timbre of art should be. Should it be about objects that point to this current moment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theaster-gates/i-sometimes-am-challenged-to-imagine-where-the-timbre-of-art-should/)

[Theaster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theaster-gates/)

> [I believe that beauty is a basic service.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theaster-gates/i-believe-that-beauty-is-a-basic-service/)

[Theaster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theaster-gates/)

> [Everything is raw material to me. Land is raw material... I take one form and transform it into other forms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theaster-gates/everything-is-raw-material-to-me-land-is-raw-material-i-take-one-form/)

[Theaster Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theaster-gates/)

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