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.
Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
I always tell aspiring documentary filmmakers, 'You have to go into it because you love it; if you go into it for the money, you're an idiot.' The number one prerequisite is you have to be intensely curious. If you love learning and trying to make people figure out what makes people tick, it's the best job in the world.
I thought fashion was just the pretext to do images with lots of freedom and get them published in magazines. You could express your point of view, make statements about women and about what you believe in.
I think it's important to leave spaces in a story for readers to fill in from their own experience.
I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
What makes us feel drawn to music is that our whole being is music: our mind and body, the nature in which we live, the nature which has made us, all that is beneath and around us, it is all music.
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