“I think art is the only political power, the only revolutionary power, the only evolutionary power, the only power to free humankind form all repression. I say not that art has already realized this, on the contrary, and because it has not, it has to be developed as a weapon, at first there are radical levels, then you can speak about special details.” ThinkingFirstsArtFormPoliticalSpeakLevelsSpecialWeaponsArt IsDetailsContraryRadicalRevolutionaryHumankindRepressionPolitical Power Author:Joseph Beuys
“I think the tree is an element of regeneration which in itself is a concept of time. The oak is especially so because it is a slowly growing tree with a kind of really solid heartwood. It has always been a form of sculpture, a symbol for this planet.” ThinkingKindFormGrowingTreePlanetsElementsConceptsSymbolsSculptureOaksRegenerationConcept Of TimeGrowing Tree Author:Joseph Beuys
“I think the tree is an element of regeneration which in itself is a concept of time.” ThinkingTreeElementsConceptsRegenerationConcept Of Time Author:Joseph Beuys
“Man is really not freeing many aspects. He is dependent on his social circumstances, but he is free in his thinking, and here is the point of origin of sculpture. For me the formation of the thought is already sculpture. The thought is sculpture.” ThinkingMenSocialCircumstancesAspectDependentSculptureFormation Author:Joseph Beuys
“Every human being is an artist, a freedom being, called to participate in transforming and reshaping the conditions, thinking and structures that shape and inform our lives” ThinkingInspirationalHumansArtMotivationalArtistHuman BeingsOur LivesConditionsShapesStructureTransforming Author:Joseph Beuys