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“I enjoy all mediums, and I have to say, music is the medium that first made me understand how powerful art could be.” quote by Jeff Koons — Download Open image

“I enjoy all mediums, and I have to say, music is the medium that first made me understand how powerful art could be.”

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A lot of times, my work is looked at very much on the surface. It's very easy to just want to put something in…

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I thought I would call myself a pig before the viewer could, so they could only think more of me.

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I would prefer a normal-sized breast, or a small breast or whatever, and that it be natural, than to understand that it was just…

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I believe in sensuality. I believe in sex. I believe in the survival of the species. I like aspects of things that are ethereal,…

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Even in making objects, as soon as you start to get the feeling that some form of craft is coming into place, you realize…

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Art is something that happens inside us. We look at things in the world, and we become excited by them. We understand our own…

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It's wonderful to make a lot of money, to be able to take care of my family, to have the facilities I have and…

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I'm really not a person who consumes a lot. I don't have a sports car.

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Abstraction and luxury are the guard dogs of the upper class.

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