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Andrea Zittel Quotes

born 1965 United States

Andrea Zittel (born 1965) is an artist based in Joshua Tree, California.

United States
Artists
Sculptors

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8 quotes

Being lifted out of your normal routine completely changes your perception of everything. I often think that this time twist is like taking a drug, it alters your consciousness.

Art Is the Highest Form of Hope & Other Quotes by Artists by Phaidon (2016)

You have to learn to feel confident about the prospect of failing, because it's so inevitable.

Art Is the Highest Form of Hope & Other Quotes by Artists by Phaidon (2016)

It’s good to have space to think. It’s in the empty moments when you’re the most creative.

Interview (2010)

I am fascinated at how the things that set us free are also the same things that oppress us; you could say that the concept of the deserted island is both our greatest fantasy and our greatest fear.

Interview (2010)

Teaching is a way for me to have dialogue with other artists who are completely engaged.

Interview (2008)

Really good art simultaneously reveals both good and evil. It brings up complicated questions rather than proposing smug answers.

Interview (2010)

How to interface with the public is an ongoing problem in my work. I am always looking for a function that my work can play. There has to be a reason for it.

Interview (2010)

There are so many versions of communes; it's not just one thing. But I don't think shared-property communes work. I think shared-labor communes work, versions of that that make sense.

Interview (2008)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Andrea Zittel (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.