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> [Whatever happens to the art world, art will go on regardless. As for obscurity, it looms just over the horizon beckoning us all. Why worry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-craig-martin/whatever-happens-to-the-art-world-art-will-go-on-regardless-as-for/)

[Michael Craig-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-craig-martin/)

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## More by Michael Craig-Martin

> [You can't honour someone by copying them or trying to be exactly like them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-craig-martin/you-can-t-honour-someone-by-copying-them-or-trying-to-be-exactly-like/)

[Michael Craig-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-craig-martin/)

> [There is a complete difference between art and the art market. Prices are high now for the simple reason that there are people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-craig-martin/there-is-a-complete-difference-between-art-and-the-art-market-prices/)

[Michael Craig-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-craig-martin/)

> [I had my exhibition of paintings first in Shanghai, and then recently in Wuhan. Wuhan particularly interested me, because I am 1/8 Chinese.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-craig-martin/i-had-my-exhibition-of-paintings-first-in-shanghai-and-then-recently/)

[Michael Craig-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-craig-martin/)

> [I try to make images that have the immediate presence we take for granted in objects - a chair, a shoe, a book, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-craig-martin/i-try-to-make-images-that-have-the-immediate-presence-we-take-for/)

[Michael Craig-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-craig-martin/)

> [You can see in my paintings, I've taken away the context, I've taken away the shadows, I've taken away expression, I've taken away the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-craig-martin/you-can-see-in-my-paintings-i-ve-taken-away-the-context-i-ve-taken/)

[Michael Craig-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-craig-martin/)

> [When I told people that I was going to paint the big room magenta, many people thought that I was crazy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-craig-martin/when-i-told-people-that-i-was-going-to-paint-the-big-room-magenta/)

[Michael Craig-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-craig-martin/)

> [I don't like the idea of nationalism, but on the other hand, I do see that there is a difference between British art, German…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-craig-martin/i-don-t-like-the-idea-of-nationalism-but-on-the-other-hand-i-do-see/)

[Michael Craig-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-craig-martin/)

> [I was poorer than anyone I'd ever met. But it was a great time to be a young artist - I remember it as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-craig-martin/i-was-poorer-than-anyone-i-d-ever-met-but-it-was-a-great-time-to-be-a/)

[Michael Craig-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-craig-martin/)

> [You can't force yourself to be something you are not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-craig-martin/you-can-t-force-yourself-to-be-something-you-are-not/)

[Michael Craig-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-craig-martin/)

> [ \[I\] don't want people to see it \[paintings\] as a specific intention on my part. If somebody has that interest in these objects, of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-craig-martin/i-don-t-want-people-to-see-it-paintings-as-a-specific-intention-on-my/)

[Michael Craig-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-craig-martin/)

> [I've taken away everything I could think of, and yet what remains is enough. These days many more people come to my work, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-craig-martin/i-ve-taken-away-everything-i-could-think-of-and-yet-what-remains-is/)

[Michael Craig-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-craig-martin/)

> [In the period of '60s to the '90s, British art schools were small, and the number of student was small. The personal contact was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-craig-martin/in-the-period-of-60s-to-the-90s-british-art-schools-were-small-and/)

[Michael Craig-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-craig-martin/)

> [It is very important to develop the thing that you are naturally good at, that you are truly interested in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-craig-martin/it-is-very-important-to-develop-the-thing-that-you-are-naturally-good/)

[Michael Craig-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-craig-martin/)

> [The person you admire was true to himself. You can only truly honour him by being true to yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-craig-martin/the-person-you-admire-was-true-to-himself-you-can-only-truly-honour/)

[Michael Craig-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-craig-martin/)

> [The art world, of all worlds, has room for everyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-craig-martin/the-art-world-of-all-worlds-has-room-for-everyone/)

[Michael Craig-Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-craig-martin/)

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