Category Archives: In Their Own Words

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In Their Own Words: Paul Gauguin

“There are two sorts of beauty; one is the result of instinct, the other of study. A combination of the two, with the resulting modifications, brings with it a very complicated richness, which the art critic ought to try to … Continue reading

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Shuttlecock, 1994, aluminum and fiber-reinforced plastic; painted with polyurethane enamel, 17 ft. 11 in. high x 15 ft. 1 in. crown diameter and 4 ft. nose cone diameter, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Photo by April Rinne via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License.

In Their Own Words: Claes Oldenburg

“I am for an art that is political-erotical-mystical, that does something other than sit on its ass in a museum.” Claes Oldenburg

Takashi Murakami, Oval Buddha exhibited at the Palace of Versailles, 2007-2010, Photo by Magic Ketchup via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License.

In Their Own Words: Takashi Murakami

“We want to see the newest things. That is because we want to see the future, even if only momentarily. It is the moment in which, even if we don’t completely understand what we have glimpsed, we are nonetheless touched … Continue reading

Andy Goldsworthy, Stone Room, 2007, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Photo by Barkaw via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.

In Their Own Words: Andy Goldsworthy

“Movement, change, light, growth, and decay are the life-blood of nature, the energies that I try to tap through my work.” Andy Goldsworthy

Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater or the Kaufmann House, 1936-1939, Mill Run, PA, Photo by Happy Via via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.

In Their Own Words: Frank Lloyd Wright

“No house should ever be on a hill or on anything.   It should be of the hill, belonging to it.” Frank Lloyd Wright