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Quotes from Interview — Andrea Zittel

born 1965 United States

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6 quotes

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)

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