I try to make images that have the immediate presence we take for granted in objects - a chair, a shoe, a… — 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… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
The identifying personal association with objects, which are not personal, is an important modern experience - our real association, the strands of… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
In the late 70's I started to make drawings of the ordinary objects I had been using in my work. Initially I… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I am trying to present objects in the simplest way possible, and I don't want to supply too much context. — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I thought the objects we value least because they were ubiquitous were actually the most extraordinary. — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I came to painting through sculpture, to images through objects. I think that images sit in the middle, somewhere between objects and… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
When I look at the objects that I draw, it seems to me so obvious about the contemporary world - these are… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I wanted to make new works of very contemporary objects, which I thought was interesting because many of them are manufactured in… — 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
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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