“"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
“By putting a border line between life and death, we separate the world of death from our world of life, casting the dead away into the "world of oblivion".” WorldLinesBordersLife And DeathOur WorldCastingOblivionBetween Life And Death Author:Yasumasa Morimura
“Leonard de Vinci, for example, is a great artist, but he is living in the past. However, I don't feel John Cage and Matsuzawa Yutaka as artists who live in the past. Their ideas are still alive in our world because they express the very important concerns of our age. That is why I could trust them as "contemporary artists".” WorldFeelsStillsImportantIdeasAgePastArtistAliveExampleConcernContemporaryOur WorldCagesGreat ArtGreat ArtistLiving In The Past Author:Yasumasa Morimura
“I put priority on such artists who focus on the world of "oblivion" and who consider placing themselves into the world of "oblivion" as fundamental to their attitude for their expression.” WorldArtistAttitudeFocusExpressionFundamentalsPrioritiesOblivion Author:Yasumasa Morimura
