Artist Quotes by Maurizio Cattelan

I have become an employee of art.

— Maurizio Cattelan

I am not an artist.

— Maurizio Cattelan

I don't design. I don't paint. I absolutely never touch my works.

— Maurizio Cattelan

When you place art in the shops, it's a way to make it more accessible.

— Maurizio Cattelan

Warhol was proof that you can be revolutionary without being militant.

— Maurizio Cattelan

I tend not to work with a specific person in mind. Art is a matter of statistics. It's not about individuals. It's…

— Maurizio Cattelan

Never give an artist like me carte blanche: he would think it's simply toilet paper.

— Maurizio Cattelan

Every work of art is a great promise of escape and, therefore, like an open invitation.

— Maurizio Cattelan

Contemporary art will never achieve the audience of football, pop music, or television, so I think we should stop comparing its possible…

— Maurizio Cattelan

Art should be able to be innovative without compromising itself. That's why I believe artists should have bigger preoccupations than checking the…

— Maurizio Cattelan

Art fairs are a lot like professional proms - you make contacts, have a lot to look at, and in some cases,…

— Maurizio Cattelan

If you are searching to figure out what is true and what is not, you will have a sad life. It means…

— Maurizio Cattelan

Art is about forgetting all these feelings, good and bad, and trying to understand what acts will last longer, which symbols will…

— Maurizio Cattelan

I'm not saying the 1970s was a golden age - I don't believe such a thing exists in art . . .…

— Maurizio Cattelan

Made in Catteland is a project that aims to overcome the boundaries of the work of art as we're used to thinking…

— Maurizio Cattelan

The current climate doesn't represent a threat to the production of art but to the market. I think it's time for artists…

— Maurizio Cattelan

I'm criticizing the way they are perceived. I was going through a book of Marina Abramovic and Ulay's 1970s performance work the…

— Maurizio Cattelan

I don't think that the big crunch should be seen as a menace, but rather as an opportunity. It's one of these…

— Maurizio Cattelan

If you are a plumber, there is an objective way to establish whether you put together a great piping system or not.…

— Maurizio Cattelan

Part of the blame can be put at the artists' door, too - no question. But I see our involvement more as…

— Maurizio Cattelan