I was asked in 1969 by Lucy Lippard to define art. I think at the time I said that art was a matter of life and death, meaning just the breathing and living and thinking experience-that's what art is. — Tony Shafrazi Copy Share Image
I'm happy that the evolution of art in the past 25 years, and the place of art in global culture-and even finance-has gotten to… — Tony Shafrazi Copy Share Image
The breakdown of the modern movement led to what later became known as postmodern-whatever the hell that means-referring to the mixture of people and… — Tony Shafrazi Copy Share Image
I was asked in 1969 by Lucy Lippard to define art. I think at the time I said that art was a matter of… — Tony Shafrazi Copy Share Image
The image of the bank robber I had in mind was more in the European tradition where you'd rob banks and give to the… — Tony Shafrazi Copy Share Image
I think being from Iran sharpened my eye as an art dealer. This is why, today, I think the true definition of so-called postmodernism… — Tony Shafrazi Copy Share Image
By the late '50s, something was happening in England, and it got to be quite exciting. The music world then started to explode with… — Tony Shafrazi Copy Share Image
For me, being Christian Armenian, born into the Islamic culture in Iran and then, at the age of 13, being sent to England and… — Tony Shafrazi Copy Share Image
I think that the whole experience of living, breathing, thinking, and being lost in wonderment is, for me, that of being an artist. And… — Tony Shafrazi Copy Share Image
I think that the first responsibility of an artist is to follow truth, and the innate original forces and energies that are within them.… — Tony Shafrazi Copy Share Image
