There was something really wonderful about being able to feel confident about doing my first exhibition in China, that people would have… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
The first exhibition that I used bright colours in painting the room was at a gallery in Paris, and there were seven… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I have been using the computer as a work aid since the mid-90's. It is extraordinarily well suited to how I think… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I had been doing wall drawings, but they were always black and white. Then in 1993 I painted all the walls of… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
In my early work I didn't use much colour. I had no confidence about how I could do this. — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I decided I should use the most obvious colours - the basic colours with simple names: red, purple, yellow, pink. I don't… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
In the studio, it took me a long time to work out how to make paintings that had the intensity that I… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
You can't honour someone by copying them or trying to be exactly like them. — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
There is a complete difference between art and the art market. Prices are high now for the simple reason that there are people are… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I had my exhibition of paintings first in Shanghai, and then recently in Wuhan. Wuhan particularly interested me, because I am 1/8 Chinese. — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I try to make images that have the immediate presence we take for granted in objects - a chair, a shoe, a book, a… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
When I told people that I was going to paint the big room magenta, many people thought that I was crazy. — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I was poorer than anyone I'd ever met. But it was a great time to be a young artist - I remember it as… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
[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… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
In the period of '60s to the '90s, British art schools were small, and the number of student was small. The personal contact was… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
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