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All art is contemporary art because it had to be made when it was now.

We are concerned with the relationship between art and life. Contemporary art is only intelligible in terms of its relationship to our life.

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it.

Art has to be reflective of our society.

What is extraordinary about contemporary art is the energy - it has our energy. New energy. Pieces hundreds of years old are beautiful from an aesthetic point of view, but without our modern energy.

The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.

I feel like contemporary art is everywhere now and with the rise of the internet, it's so much easier to see what artists are doing and to follow their careers.

In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period.

I found that a lot of people ridiculed contemporary art. I decided I wanted to be involved in art everybody could understand.