I think I'm a full-time artist, a full-time urban planner, and a full-time preacher with an aspiration of no longer needing any of those titles. Rather, I'm trying to do what for some seems a very messy work or a… — 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
