“In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller.” StillsStoriesFilmFoundObjectsElementsMatureStorytellerDocumentariesGood StoryArcsDocumentary FilmsFound Objects Author:Garth Stein
“When I was in college I thought of making up a fictive artist and giving him a name and a body of work. Eventually I came around to the idea of using my own name, which had this strange distancing effect, similar to using a found object. Being a Turk was quite interesting because in a sense it was like being a foreigner.” GivingIdeasBodyArtistFoundNamesMy OwnInterestingEffectsObjectsCollegeStrangeForeignersMaking UpFound Objects Author:Gavin Turk
“Found objects, chance creations, ready-mades (mass-produced items promoted into art objects, such as Duchamp's "Fountain"-urinal as sculpture) abolish the separation between art and life. The commonplace is miraculous if rightly seen.” IfsArtMadeFoundChanceCreationObjectsReadyMassSeparationFountainSculptureItemsMiraculousCommonplaceAbolishArt And LifeFound Objects Author:Charles Simic
“Buying found objects means repurposing something that was already made years before, sometimes decades before. It strikes a nice balance between the new and used equation we should strive for in our lives.” ShouldYearsMeanMadeSometimesUsedFoundNiceOur LivesObjectsBalanceStriveStrikesDecadesBuyingEquationsFound Objects Author:Nate Berkus
“I think of [my photographs] as found paintings because I don't crop them, I don't manipulate them or anything. So they're like found objects to me.” ThinkingFoundObjectsPaintingPhotographManipulateCropsFound Objects Author:Dennis Hopper
“In the studio we use a pretty wide range of materials for the sculptures; silicone, fibreglass, human and animal hair, ABS plastic, dental acrylic, traditional and high-tech plasters, stainless steel, automotive paint, plywood, Britannia metal, found objects and taxidermy animals.” HumansUseFoundAnimalObjectsMaterialsHairPaintStudiosWideTraditionalRangeMetalsPlasticSteelSculptureHumans And AnimalsDentalPlastersTaxidermyFound Objects Author:Patricia Piccinini