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title: "1 Artist Somebody Quotes By Urs Fischer"
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> [If you don't enjoy making work, then it's bad. It's rough. Artwork is brutal for so many people. They let it happen to them, but it's brutal. I like the idea of an artist as somebody who works. A lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/urs-fischer/if-you-don-t-enjoy-making-work-then-it-s-bad-it-s-rough-artwork-is/)

[Urs Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/urs-fischer/)

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## More by Urs Fischer

> [Did you find any artists complaining who don't already complain all day long about everything? No. But have you ever met a dealer who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/urs-fischer/did-you-find-any-artists-complaining-who-don-t-already-complain-all/)

[Urs Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/urs-fischer/)

> [You basically only discover a new thing once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/urs-fischer/you-basically-only-discover-a-new-thing-once/)

[Urs Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/urs-fischer/)

> [If you don't enjoy making work, then it's bad. It's rough. Artwork is brutal for so many people. They let it happen to them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/urs-fischer/if-you-don-t-enjoy-making-work-then-it-s-bad-it-s-rough-artwork-is/)

[Urs Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/urs-fischer/)

> [I think it's bad for human beings to be artists. It's awful. You want to do something but you're constantly trying to decide what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/urs-fischer/i-think-it-s-bad-for-human-beings-to-be-artists-it-s-awful-you-want/)

[Urs Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/urs-fischer/)

> [Take a relief. You draw it, you carve it out. Later you build it up from a flat surface. There is no other way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/urs-fischer/take-a-relief-you-draw-it-you-carve-it-out-later-you-build-it-up-from/)

[Urs Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/urs-fischer/)

> [I love seeing tattoos on 60-year-olds who have had them for 40 years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/urs-fischer/i-love-seeing-tattoos-on-60-year-olds-who-have-had-them-for-40-years/)

[Urs Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/urs-fischer/)

> [I always have a lot of things going on because some things take years to make and others take five minutes. I like that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/urs-fischer/i-always-have-a-lot-of-things-going-on-because-some-things-take-years/)

[Urs Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/urs-fischer/)

> [Life is one long decay, no? There's a lot of beauty in it. Like the patina in an old city.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/urs-fischer/life-is-one-long-decay-no-there-s-a-lot-of-beauty-in-it-like-the/)

[Urs Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/urs-fischer/)

> [Many artists who don't go off to art school come to New York. It's about what you learn when you're here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/urs-fischer/many-artists-who-don-t-go-off-to-art-school-come-to-new-york-it-s/)

[Urs Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/urs-fischer/)

> [I could see the works just living in reproductions. The work lives on like fantasy. Some live even better as just an image.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/urs-fischer/i-could-see-the-works-just-living-in-reproductions-the-work-lives-on/)

[Urs Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/urs-fischer/)

> [I think when tattoos are new and colorful, they look bad. But they look better the older and more bleached out they become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/urs-fischer/i-think-when-tattoos-are-new-and-colorful-they-look-bad-but-they-look/)

[Urs Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/urs-fischer/)

> [Everybody I knew who was really ambitious and kind of annoying wanted to move to New York. I like it here but that has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/urs-fischer/everybody-i-knew-who-was-really-ambitious-and-kind-of-annoying-wanted/)

[Urs Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/urs-fischer/)

> [Maybe an artist's position in society is different today because it's more individualistic. You're not a direct servant anymore to the patron-you're an indirect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/urs-fischer/maybe-an-artist-s-position-in-society-is-different-today-because-it-s/)

[Urs Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/urs-fischer/)

> [What is the art world? I never really understood. I started doing this stuff to do what I want to do. Not to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/urs-fischer/what-is-the-art-world-i-never-really-understood-i-started-doing-this/)

[Urs Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/urs-fischer/)

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