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Art history looks at art works and the people who have created them.

I think whatever art form you're in, whether TV, film or theater, you should know the history of who came before you and how the art form has changed or not changed and to learn from the greats.

I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history.

History is written by the winners. My job as an artist is to speak up for those who might be perceived as the losers. Or those who can't shout.

History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images.

I'm not as much a history person as an art person, but I mean, you can read history through art.

We take from the art of the past what we need. The variable posthumous reputations of even the greatest artists and the unpredictable revivals of interest in even the most obscure ones tend to reveal more about those who make revisionist assessments than about those who are being reassessed.

It's interesting that the treatment of historical events by art precedes the civilisation of people through democracy.

I don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work.

I think it's the job of the artist to reflect the times and also reflect his or her views of the world.