My first experience with the creative was mopping tar. If you let the tar sit, it can get cold pretty quickly. And because the mops are so heavy, you've got to dip it and then ride it really fast. — Theaster Gates Copy Share Image
If we imagine that the only right that we have is to make commodifiable objects, then we limit our practice, and we limit the… — Theaster Gates Copy Share Image
I have the willingness to think fully about where opportunities are and where they live. — Theaster Gates Copy Share Image
The reason artists want to have works in museums is that we want our works to be seen by as many people as possible… — Theaster Gates Copy Share Image
There were a series of moments when I decided that art was important, and it was an important vehicle for me to express my… — Theaster Gates Copy Share Image
It's not really about the material. It's about our capacity to shape things. — Theaster Gates Copy Share Image
I'm not a preacher, but I preach. I'm not a Buddhist, but I chant. I'm not race theorist, but I have questions and ponderances… — Theaster Gates Copy Share Image
Sometimes the creating that we do is creating a platform that allows other creative people to pitch in. — Theaster Gates Copy Share Image
The reality in the neighborhood that I live in is: if I don't constantly reconcile what I have against what other people don't, either… — Theaster Gates Copy Share Image
I actually no longer use 'art' as the framing device. I think I'm just kind of practicing things, practicing life, practicing creation. — Theaster Gates Copy Share Image
I think I'm passionately allowing myself to be influenced by the things that are around me. — Theaster Gates Copy Share Image
All kinds of performance practices have a certain register of power or solemnity. — Theaster Gates Copy Share Image
