To make people free is the aim of art, therefore art for me is the science of freedom.

- Joseph Beuys

To be a teacher is my greatest work of art.

- Joseph Beuys

Art is not there simply to be understood. ... It is more the sense of an indication or suggestion.

- Joseph Beuys

A total work of art is only possible in the context of the whole of society. Everyone will be a necessary co-creator of a social architecture, and, s…

- Joseph Beuys

Every human being is an artist

- Joseph Beuys

I think art is the only political power, the only revolutionary power, the only evolutionary power, the only power to free humankind form all repress…

- Joseph Beuys

For instance, in places like universities, where everyone speaks so rationally, it is necessary for a kind of enchanter to appear.

- Joseph Beuys

Art for me is the science of freedom.

- Joseph Beuys

Art can no longer be art today if it does not reach into the heart of our present culture and work transformatively within it that is, an art which c…

- Joseph Beuys