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“You are just as qualified as any expert to make a judgment and have a feeling or a response to any work of art.”

Quote by Bill Viola

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Bill Viola, born on January 25, 1951, is a renowned video artist known for his exploration of human emotions and life experiences. His works blend traditional art with modern technology, making a profound impact on the contemporary art world. more

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“A lot of what making art is, is just being open, and empty. And putting yourself in the right place for things to, literally, come together.”

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“A doctor once told me that with crying you aren't sure what its derivation is. If someone comes at you with a knife, you don't cry: you scream, you try to run. When it's over and you're OK, that's when you cry.”

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“The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is not attainable: yet we may not - nay, cannot - give up the efforts to come nearer to realization of it by some means or other.”

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“Because we live in an industrialized, fast-paced world that prefers that the soul remain asleep.”

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“My works really begin in a very simple way. Sometimes it's an image, and sometimes it's words I might write, like a fragment of a poem.”

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“I'm really interested in the repetition, the discipline, and what happens to me psychologically when I put my body to that extreme place.”

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“With Gnaw I was thinking about traditional sculpture, about carving. I was also interested in figurative sculpture. I put those two ideas together and decided that rather than describing the body, I would use the body, my body, as a tool for making art.”

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“An imbecile is never bored: he contemplates himself.”

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Book:Remy de Gourmont: Selections from All His Works

Source: Remy de Gourmont: Selections from All His Works

“Still uncertain as to our identity, we think that what matters in the work world is gaining attention and making friends. And these misconceptions and naïveté are brutally exposed in the light of the real world.”

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