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Artist Quotes by Genesis P-Orridge

13 Artist quotes by Genesis P-Orridge

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Rooted in a life of boundary‑pushing performance, Genesis P‑Orridge’s words on art carry a distinct edge. Though the collection is modest, it captures the essence of their experimental outlook, offering a starter snapshot for anyone curious about their creative philosophy.

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Life and art are inseparable.

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Any artist should stay challenged as long as possible.

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Curiosity is a great weapon for the artist.

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My artwork is in order to seduce people into thinking.

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All the great artists illustrate their approach to life in the work they make.

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Everything we do is art, philosophy, mysticism, cultural commentary.

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Things don't happen in a vacuum, and artists don't make work in a vacuum.

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To be an 'artist' is as much a calling from and to a divine service as becoming a physician, nurse, priest, shaman,…

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In the art world, sentimentality and intimacy and the emotive side of lives are considered very uncool. There's nervousness around intimacy.

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That's really the whole point of art - it's to take something commonplace and draw people on a path so that, all…

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Even if the world outside is destroying itself and fragmented and paranoid and fearful, the job of the artist is to embrace…

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Even as a teenager we got interested in the Beats, Dada, and Surrealism, and so on. What drew us to those was…

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Art and life really are the same, and both can only be about a spiritual journey, a path towards a re-union with…

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I really feel that I've been unjustly exorcised from the story of psychedelic music.

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My father gave me a copy of 'Seven Years in Tibet,' and that's what turned me on to Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism.

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I have no idea what's going on in the fashion industry.

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Writing is a recording that you can cut up and reassemble. Sound is something you can cut up and reassemble. Film, video - you…

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Change is not a linear process; it's an all-encompassing process, and it's alive in different ways.

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“When order is lost, time spits.”

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The biggest way to say, philosophically, you'll never be part of a war is to look completely the opposite of anyone in a war.

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Everything in our world tends to be built on either/ors, and either/ors inevitably make enemies.

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An exact science is one that admits loss.

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the voluntary relinquishing of responsibility for our lives and our actions is one of the greatest enemies of our time.

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Brian Jones had this really ethereal atmosphere around him.

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A lot of the conceptualists and the prestige galleries are debasing themselves in presentations which have little else to them but the presentation.

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I was born in Manchester, England.

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The status quo is presented as something to aspire to, whereas for us, the status quo was something we wanted to shatter in order…

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When the blues came out, it was something pure and undefined, but when all these white groups got hold of it, it became something…

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