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“I came to painting through sculpture, to images through objects. I think that images sit in the middle, somewhere between objects and words.”

Quote by Michael Craig-Martin

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Michael Craig-Martin

Michael Craig-Martin is a British contemporary artist born on August 28, 1941. Known for his unique artistic style and creative techniques, his works span across various mediums including painting, sculpture, and installation art. more

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“I try to make images that have the immediate presence we take for granted in objects - a chair, a shoe, a book, a Judd - and compose them like sentences.”

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“The complexity of the language of images is disguised by the ease and rapidity with which we read them. I've tried to make work that is as transparent and simple as possible. No matter how much I strip away the result is always more complex to me than I expect.”

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“There is a complete difference between art and the art market. Prices are high now for the simple reason that there are people are willing to pay them. The market dominates the art world today because at the moment collectors call the shots. Like everything else that won't last forever.”

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“I am personally happy for artists to make as much money as they can while they can to carry them through the times when they can't.”

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“Whatever happens to the art world, art will go on regardless. As for obscurity, it looms just over the horizon beckoning us all. Why worry.”

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“'Understanding' art is like having a sense of humour - if you don't have one, no amount of explanation is going to make you laugh.”

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“The art world, of all worlds, has room for everyone.”

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Author:Michael Craig-Martin

“I have never understood, for instance, why some people see contemporary art as divided between 'painting' and 'conceptual art', as though this represented a genuine division.”

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“I have been using the computer as a work aid since the mid-90's. It is extraordinarily well suited to how I think and work and has transformed my practice. Nearly everything I have done in the past 15 years would have been impossible without it. I use the computer for drawing, composing and colour planning everything, from postage stamps to paintings to architectural-scale installations.”

“Healthful whole foods improve our brain function as well.”

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