It's really exciting to know that people want to use the house as a house and want to live there although it hasn't been a used, occupied space in 50 or 60 years.
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
I believe that beauty is a basic service. - Theaster Gates
I believe that beauty is a basic service.
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…
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 …
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 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.
What I think museums do very well is that they say to a public, "We have some stuff that's worth looking at." - Theaster Gates
What I think museums do very well is that they say to a public, "We have some stuff that's worth looking at."
Modernism was influenced by what they call a primativist ethic. - Theaster Gates
Modernism was influenced by what they call a primativist ethic.
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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