"Art is the means by which we communicate……" — Antony Gormley
"Art is the means by which we communicate what it feels like to be alive - in the past, that was mixed up with other illustrative duties, but that was still its central function that has been liberated in the art called modern."
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Antony Gormley
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29 Quotes by Antony Gormley
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Well, I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they…
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We are not moving towards some kind of goal. We are at the goal, and it is changing with us.…
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Art is not about objects of high monetary exchange. It's about reasserting our firsthand experience in present time.
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I want to start where language ends.
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Art has to change things, and if it was immediately acceptable it would not be doing the job.
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Art is the means by which we communicate what it feels like to be alive.
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Maybe this is a utopian view of art but I do believe that art can function as a vehicle, that…
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I believe in the city as a natural human environment, but we must humanize it. It's art that will re-define…
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I have to say that I reject somewhat the distinction between something called art and something called public art. I…
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I think scale is about, in a way, the apprehension of proportion, and all the proportions that mean things to…
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How do you make the timelessness of inert, silent objects count for something? How to use the, in a way,…
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I feel terribly misunderstood; I feel terribly misunderstood.
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