I'm not a preacher, but I preach. I'm not a Buddhist, but I chant. I'm not race theorist, but I have questions and ponderances around the complexities of race and class and culture wherever I am.
It's not really about the material. It's about our capacity to shape things. - Theaster Gates
It's not really about the material. It's about our capacity to shape things.
- Theaster Gates
The reason artists want to have works in museums is that we want our works to be seen by as many people as possible and we want our ideas to be under… - Theaster Gates
The reason artists want to have works in museums is that we want our works to be seen by as many people as possible and we want our ideas to be under…
I have the willingness to think fully about where opportunities are and where they live. - Theaster Gates
I have the willingness to think fully about where opportunities are and where they live.
I believe that beauty is a basic service. - Theaster Gates
I believe that beauty is a basic service.
I think I'm a full-time artist, a full-time urban planner, and a full-time preacher with an aspiration of no longer needing any of those titles. Rath… - Theaster Gates
I think I'm a full-time artist, a full-time urban planner, and a full-time preacher with an aspiration of no longer needing any of those titles. Rath…
I think I'm passionately allowing myself to be influenced by the things that are around me. - Theaster Gates
I think I'm passionately allowing myself to be influenced by the things that are around me.
Modernism was influenced by what they call a primativist ethic. - Theaster Gates
Modernism was influenced by what they call a primativist ethic.
The fact that the work is affirmed by the Museum of Contemporary Art I think sends continued signals that this is worth paying attention to, looking … - Theaster Gates
The fact that the work is affirmed by the Museum of Contemporary Art I think sends continued signals that this is worth paying attention to, looking …
Sometimes the creating that we do is creating a platform that allows other creative people to pitch in. - Theaster Gates
Sometimes the creating that we do is creating a platform that allows other creative people to pitch in.
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