“Even Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci were entertainers. In that way, I am an entertainer and want to make art that is fun.” WayWantArtFunEntertainersLeonardo Author:Yasumasa Morimura
“"Art is the ability to turn one's gaze to the world of oblivion." This is the way in which I understand art at fundamental level.” WorldWayArtTurnsAbilityLevelsArt IsFundamentalsOblivion Author:Yasumasa Morimura
“The value of art is its ability to look into the "world of oblivion" and to find things that are generally unrecognized, forgotten, invisible and impossible to tell.” WorldLooksArtValuesAbilityImpossibleArt IsForgottenInvisibleOblivion Author:Yasumasa Morimura
“To think about "oblivion" is to think about "what art is".” ThinkingArtArt IsOblivion Author:Yasumasa Morimura
“Of course, the process of curating is different from art making. Exhibition-making is a process that involves collaboration with various participating artists.” ArtDifferentArtistCoursesProcessVariousCollaborationParticipatingExhibitionsArt Making Author:Yasumasa Morimura
“When we talk about contemporary art and contemporary artists, we usually imagine artists who are alive. But I feel very uncomfortable about placing a border between living artists and dead artists.” FeelsArtArtistAliveImagineContemporaryBordersUncomfortableContemporary Art Author:Yasumasa Morimura
“This is why there is not any artist who takes Internet as the theme. My position is quite the opposite to the current trend of art, but this is exactly why the title of my exhibition is "ART Fahrenheit 451".” ArtArtistPositionInternetOppositesCurrentsTitlesThemeTrendsExhibitions Author:Yasumasa Morimura
“Of course, I, like the sponsoring government, would like to have as many people as possible visit Yokohama Triennale. This is because I believe that art should not be monopolized by professionals and specialists.” PeopleShouldBelieveArtGovernmentCoursesI BelieveSpecialists Author:Yasumasa Morimura
