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Michael Craig-Martin Quotes: You can't force yourself to be something you are not.
         

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


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'Understanding' art is like having a sense of humour - if you don't have one, no amount of explanation is going to make you laugh.

'Understanding' art is like having a sense of humour - if you don't have one, no amount of explanation is going to make you laugh.



I thought the objects we value least because they were ubiquitous were actually the most extraordinary.

I thought the objects we value least because they were ubiquitous were actually the most extraordinary.



I try to make images that have the immediate presence we take for granted in objects - a chair, a shoe, a book, a Judd - and compose them like sentences.

I try to make images that have the immediate presence we take for granted in objects - a chair, a shoe, a book, a Judd - and compose them like sentences.



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 personal, and yet so much remains!

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 personal, and yet so much remains!



The art world, of all worlds, has room for everyone.

The art world, of all worlds, has room for everyone.



I am trying to present objects in the simplest way possible, and I don't want to supply too much context.

I am trying to present objects in the simplest way possible, and I don't want to supply too much context.



Whatever happens to the art world, art will go on regardless. As for obscurity, it looms just over the horizon beckoning us all. Why worry.

Whatever happens to the art world, art will go on regardless. As for obscurity, it looms just over the horizon beckoning us all. Why worry.



I think the best approach is not to be too much like the thing that they are referring to, see it as a guide.

I think the best approach is not to be too much like the thing that they are referring to, see it as a guide.



Art is more to do with observation than invention.

Art is more to do with observation than invention.



If things are too similar, the dialogue is not very interesting. If you put in contrast, big and small, abstract and representational, you set up the possibility of a discourse.

If things are too similar, the dialogue is not very interesting. If you put in contrast, big and small, abstract and representational, you set up the possibility of a discourse.





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Truth can be outraged by silence quite as cruelly as by speech.

Truth can be outraged by silence quite as cruelly as by speech.



I thought that once we were out of the baby stage, parenting would be a breeze.

I thought that once we were out of the baby stage, parenting would be a breeze.



That means I can drive a flock of sheep through the town centre, drink for free in no less than 64 pubs and get a lift home with the police when I become inebriated. What more could you want?

That means I can drive a flock of sheep through the town centre, drink for free in no less than 64 pubs and get a lift home with the police when I become inebriated. What more could you want?



When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer.

When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer.



The Steinway pianos of today are the finest I have ever played.

The Steinway pianos of today are the finest I have ever played.



To barter and lose is better than not to go forth.

To barter and lose is better than not to go forth.



When I heard the Beatles, I thought thats it. That's what I want to be. I want to be a Beatle.

When I heard the Beatles, I thought thats it. That's what I want to be. I want to be a Beatle.



Law of the jungle. The betrayee gets to eat the betrayer. --Dante Pontis

Law of the jungle. The betrayee gets to eat the betrayer. --Dante Pontis



Little chickie la la, isn’t dumb enough to fall for that, guys. (Tabitha)

Little chickie la la, isn’t dumb enough to fall for that, guys. (Tabitha)



I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.

I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.




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