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People used to refer to our art as "gay art"—though they never said the "gay art of Leonardo or Michelangelo." Much of our content used to be taboo and isn't considered that anymore, not just in the obvious ways of sexuality or bodies. The art world has moved to the point that Gilbert & George isn't on the radical edge anymore.

— Gilbert & George

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To create, you must empty yourself of every artistic thought.

Really creative thinking does not occur with regard to problems.

We want our Art to bring out the Bigot from inside the Liberal and conversely to bring out the Liberal from inside the Bigot.

We think of our art as just pictures, not as photographs. We are using photography, not being photographers.

A clergyman once said to us, "Jealousy is a bad thing. But I must confess that I am sometimes jealous of the artist because the artist is closer to creation."

Gilbert and George in the mirror (2005)

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