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> [Art in the art world, and culture in general, are branches of the media, which produces our political and social thinking climate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-haacke/art-in-the-art-world-and-culture-in-general-are-branches-of-the-media/)

[Hans Haacke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-haacke/)

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## More by Hans Haacke

> [A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-haacke/a-liberal-public-is-interesting-to-have-as-an-audience-it-is-for-that/)

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> [There was an exhibition in Munich in 1937, 'Degenerate Art,' which included work by Klee, Kandinsky, Beckmann and many others. The work was called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-haacke/there-was-an-exhibition-in-munich-in-1937-degenerate-art-which/)

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> [I have a particular interest in corporations that give themselves a cultural aura and are in other areas suspect. Philip Morris presents itself in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-haacke/i-have-a-particular-interest-in-corporations-that-give-themselves-a/)

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> [Art-making is just another part of the consciousness industry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-haacke/art-making-is-just-another-part-of-the-consciousness-industry/)

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> [Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-haacke/museums-are-not-normally-presenting-the-works-on-the-walls-as/)

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> [It would be bypassing the issue to say that the artist's business is to work with this and that material or manipulate the findings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-haacke/it-would-be-bypassing-the-issue-to-say-that-the-artist-s-business-is/)

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> [A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-haacke/a-standard-line-promoted-by-people-like-clement-greenberg-is-that/)

[Hans Haacke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-haacke/)

> [What I'm very upset about is the attempt to dictate to museums what they show, and the statements made by politicians in Washington that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-haacke/what-i-m-very-upset-about-is-the-attempt-to-dictate-to-museums-what/)

[Hans Haacke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-haacke/)

> [The artist's business requires an involvement in practically everything... The total scope of information he receives day after day is of concern.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-haacke/the-artist-s-business-requires-an-involvement-in-practically/)

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> [Trivializing the Holocaust is the last thing I want to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-haacke/trivializing-the-holocaust-is-the-last-thing-i-want-to-do/)

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> [If you look at the size of the art world in terms of the money that is being transacted compared to other parts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-haacke/if-you-look-at-the-size-of-the-art-world-in-terms-of-the-money-that/)

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> [When works of art are presented like rare butterflies on the walls, they're decontextualized. We admire their beauty, and I have nothing against that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-haacke/when-works-of-art-are-presented-like-rare-butterflies-on-the-walls/)

[Hans Haacke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-haacke/)

> [An artist is not an isolated system. In order to survive he has to interact continuously with the world around him... Theoretically there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-haacke/an-artist-is-not-an-isolated-system-in-order-to-survive-he-has-to/)

[Hans Haacke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-haacke/)

> [Art in the art world, and culture in general, are branches of the media, which produces our political and social thinking climate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-haacke/art-in-the-art-world-and-culture-in-general-are-branches-of-the-media/)

[Hans Haacke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-haacke/)

> [Whenever the medium of photography is useful for a particular task, I use it. If another medium is more suitable I use that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-haacke/whenever-the-medium-of-photography-is-useful-for-a-particular-task-i/)

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