Artist Quotes by Vik Muniz

9 Artist quotes by Vik Muniz

Vik Muniz’s reflections on the artist are captured in nine brief statements, each echoing his inventive use of everyday materials. The short collection offers a quick look at his playful, material‑focused perspective.

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The great challenge is how to make smart, intelligent art that can speak to everybody.

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In the back of every painting there's an entire universe that makes it possible for the painting to be there: an army…

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I hate to say I'm a photographer, because I learned photography as I went along. But I also hate to say I'm…

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I'm not creating art that starts with politics or starts with ethics. I feel I am a conceptual artist because my art…

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Art objects are inanimate sad bits of matter hanging in the dark when no one is looking. The artist only does half…

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Drawing is not only a way to come up with pictures: drawing is a way to educate your eye to understand visual…

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I think I'm an ambitious artist but you have to understand the measure of your influence on people. You're not going to…

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I think art is the development of this interface between mind and matter, between mind and phenomenon, between what's inside of us…

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Only in the 20th century, artists started taking the study of perception in a more humane way. They were thinking about the…

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Every time you show something to somebody they're going in one direction, when they see that thing you did they're going to go off…

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I'm at this point in my career where I'm trying to step away from the realm of fine arts, because I think it's a…

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I think pure light has something to do with actually seeing everything at once. It's kind of a nirvana of sorts.

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The moment when one thing turns into another is the most beautiful moment. A combination of sounds turns into music. And that applies to…

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