The disintegration of the culture starts with the artist. I'm on a crusade to turn the tide in the arts, to restore dignity to the arts and, by extension, to the culture.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
I do see myself as the heir to a vast, great, rich culture of painting - of art in general - which we have lost, but which places obligations on us.
Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art of living.
Art is the triumph over chaos.
Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself.
Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
I suppose for me as an artist it wasn't always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture that I was living in. It just seemed like a challenge to move it a little bit towards the way I thought it might be interesting to go.
I will revolutionise art and the world. Hurrah!
Our culture now wonderfully, alchemically transforms images and history into artistic material. The possibilities seem endless and wide open.