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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 32 quotes by Bill Viola Bill Viola Bill Viola in 2009 Born 1951 Queens, New York, USA Nationality American Education Syracuse University, Syracuse Known for Video art Electronic Art New Media Art Notable work(s) Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House (1982) Bill Viola (born 1951) is a contemporary video artist. He is considered a leading figure in the generation of artists whose artistic expression depends upon electronic, sound, and image technology in New Media.... Read full biography of Bill Viola → 1 2 3 Ctrl → The fundamental aspect of video is not the image, even though you can stand in amazement at what can be done electronically, how images can be... → 0 Art is, for me, the process of trying to wake up the soul. Because we live in an industrialized, fast-paced world that prefers that the soul remain... → 0 Vision connects you. But it also separates you. In my work, and my life, I feel a desire to merge. Not in terms of losing my own identity... but... → 0 A lot of what making art is, is just being open, and empty. And putting yourself in the right place for things to, literally, come together. 0 The very first video experience I had was in high school. They brought a black-and-white closed-circuit surveillance camera into the classroom. I... → 0 The human brain is probably one of the most complex single objects on the face of the earth; I think it is, quite honestly. 0 Since the time of St. Jerome, it was mandatory for any kind of scholar or thinker to spend time out in the desert in solitude. It's no... → 0 The velocity and knee-jerk response to events happening in real time that television brings us precludes any kind of reflection or contemplation and... → 0 This thing called the camera, that takes everything in equally, taught me a lot about how to see. 0 Emotions are the key to many aspects of life. They are precisely the elements that make human beings human. I think the fact that emotions have been... → 0 When you come into my pieces, it's not an intellectual experience, it's a physical experience. It's coming at your body. There's... → 0 You are just as qualified as any expert to make a judgment and have a feeling or a response to any work of art. 0 I think we're in an age where artists really have an incredible range of materials at their command now. They can use almost anything from... → 0 1 2 3 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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