I like the idea of my art being a covetable object; I like preciousness. A lot of art seems to flaunt its throw-away character... But you have to sail out into the dangerous sea of fine art with these crafted works.
Originality is for people with short memories - Grayson Perry
Originality is for people with short memories
- Grayson Perry
Taste is a phenomenon. Most of taste is unconscious - it comes from your upbringing, from your family, from your society, your gender, your race; it'… - Grayson Perry
Taste is a phenomenon. Most of taste is unconscious - it comes from your upbringing, from your family, from your society, your gender, your race; it'…
Art is not some fun add-on to life. - Grayson Perry
Art is not some fun add-on to life.
I just love dressing up in everything a man is supposed not to be, in all that vulnerability, sweetness, preciousness and impracticality. - Grayson Perry
I just love dressing up in everything a man is supposed not to be, in all that vulnerability, sweetness, preciousness and impracticality.
I'm concerned with not ever being fashionable. - Grayson Perry
I'm concerned with not ever being fashionable.
Beauty and seriousness are perhaps the most shocking tactics left to artists these days. - Grayson Perry
Beauty and seriousness are perhaps the most shocking tactics left to artists these days.
To appreciate art you’ve got to work at it a bit. - Grayson Perry
To appreciate art you’ve got to work at it a bit.
Contemporary art often plays to the part of us that is very uncomfortable with not being sure, that cannot maintain a state of 'don't know'. The over… - Grayson Perry
Contemporary art often plays to the part of us that is very uncomfortable with not being sure, that cannot maintain a state of 'don't know'. The over…
I think when we talk of craft we talk of a certain set of processes, whether that be clay of glass if jewelry or textiles, and we look back through h… - Grayson Perry
I think when we talk of craft we talk of a certain set of processes, whether that be clay of glass if jewelry or textiles, and we look back through h…
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