Academic Quote by Michael Craig-Martin

You can't honour someone by copying them or trying to be exactly like them.

— Michael Craig-Martin

There is a complete difference between art and the art market. Prices are high now for the simple reason that there are people are…

— Michael Craig-Martin

I had my exhibition of paintings first in Shanghai, and then recently in Wuhan. Wuhan particularly interested me, because I am 1/8 Chinese.

— Michael Craig-Martin

I try to make images that have the immediate presence we take for granted in objects - a chair, a shoe, a book, a…

— Michael Craig-Martin

You can see in my paintings, I've taken away the context, I've taken away the shadows, I've taken away expression, I've taken away the…

— Michael Craig-Martin

When I told people that I was going to paint the big room magenta, many people thought that I was crazy.

— Michael Craig-Martin

I don't like the idea of nationalism, but on the other hand, I do see that there is a difference between British art, German…

— Michael Craig-Martin

I was poorer than anyone I'd ever met. But it was a great time to be a young artist - I remember it as…

— Michael Craig-Martin

You can't force yourself to be something you are not.

— Michael Craig-Martin

[I] don't want people to see it [paintings] as a specific intention on my part. If somebody has that interest in these objects, of…

— Michael Craig-Martin

I've taken away everything I could think of, and yet what remains is enough. These days many more people come to my work, and…

— Michael Craig-Martin

In the period of '60s to the '90s, British art schools were small, and the number of student was small. The personal contact was…

— Michael Craig-Martin