Art Quote by Kalan Sherrard

The best thing about the term 'performance artist' is that it includes just about everything you might want to do.

— Laurie Anderson

Usually, I'm very critical about my own performances, I'm never really satisfied with myself.

— Joel Matip

Performance has to be mainstream art. This is what I'm fighting for.

— Marina Abramovic

I'm artistically critical of my own work.

— Brandon Victor Dixon

I don't mean to give performance art a bad name or anything; I think there are people that are legit. I think I just…

— Mary Lynn Rajskub

Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a wild joy that you really can't put into words.

— Laurie Anderson

Being critical of art is a way of showing art respect.

— Jerry Saltz

What really made me a performance artist was that I was able to step back and assess. I've always had [that ability], but it…

— Kalup Linzy

Performance art is the ultimate in creativity. Since it has so many possibilities at creativity, it's essence tends to become creativity.

— Jack Bowman

Performance art is really about the sociology of the artist, where ideas come from, and the confluence of those ideas.

— Roselee Goldberg

I think performance art comes from a simple place of wanting to express things beyond just sound.

— Amanda Palmer

When it comes to performance art, I am more interested in the failures then the so-called successes. I have never cared for entertaining anyone.

— Vaginal Davis