It's wonderful to see art in a museum, but it is institutionalised. I don't like the idea of the artwork as something that requires special conditions. I would like it to be universal.
Interpretation
Art should be accessible to everyone and not confined to special environments like museums.
Antony Gormley's quote emphasizes the idea that art should not be restricted to institutional settings like museums, which can make it feel exclusive and distant. He advocates for a more universal approach to art, where it can be experienced and appreciated by all, regardless of location or context, highlighting the importance of accessibility and inclusivity in the art world.
In practice
During a speech on community culture, one might quote this to emphasize the importance of public art.
I believe in the city as a natural human environment, but we must humanize it. It's art that will re-define public space in the 21st Century. We can make our cities diverse, inspirational places by putting art, dance and performance in all its forms into the matrix of street life.
We are not moving towards some kind of goal. We are at the goal, and it is changing with us. If art has any purpose, it is to open our eyes to that fact.
Art is not about objects of high monetary exchange. It's about reasserting our firsthand experience in present time.
Looking back now, if I went to film school, it probably would have helped knowing what the best of the best of foreign films were, but that wasn't the case. In some ways, I think that led to my originality, because I hadn't seen anybody else.
You I am sure will forgive me for sincerely remarking that you might curb your magnanimity and be more of an artist, and 'load every rift' of your subject with ore.
I won't get into it any more than to say that there are parts of me in all the songs that I write.
When I first started writing plays I couldn't write good dialogue because I didn't respect how black people talked. I thought that in order to make art out of their dialogue I had to change it, make it into something different. Once I learned to value and respect my characters, I could really hear them. I let them start talking.
The words that come direct from the people are the greatest.If you substitute one out of your own vocabulary, it disappears before your eyes.
We do not make photographs with our cameras. We make them with our minds, with our hearts, with our ideas.
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