Areas Quote by Agnes Denes

Infiltrating the mainstream was a natural extension of my street art. I've always tried to communicate ideas to the public as directly as possible.

— Eric Drooker

What's interesting about art in public spaces is that the public really sort of takes over and uses it in ways that you didn't…

— Teresita Fernandez

My activism always existed. My art gave me the platform to do something about the activism.

— Harry Belafonte

I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.

— Yayoi Kusama

My art became very public.

— Joey Skaggs

Just as the development of earth art and installation art stemmed from the idea of taking art out of the galleries, the basis of…

— Sol LeWitt

I have to say that I reject somewhat the distinction between something called art and something called public art. I think all art demands…

— Antony Gormley

It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money.

— Dave Barry

I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means. If it means what I think it does, then…

— Barbara Kruger

Art is by nature promotional, pushing beliefs, broadcasting status, aggrandizing personalities.

— Holland Cotter

Public art is a unique type of art. It's very different to gallery art because it is something that we pass by every day…

— Munira Mirza

Art is about the 'I' in life not the 'we', about private life rather than public. A public life that doesn't acknowledge the private…

— Richard Eyre