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51 quotes by Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons The artist, December 2014 Born Jeffrey Koons (1955-01-21) January 21, 1955 (age 60) York, Pennsylvania, U.S. Nationality American Education School of the Art Institute of Chicago Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore Known for Artist Notable work(s) Puppy (1992) Balloon Dog (1994-2000) Jeffrey "Jeff" Koons (born January 21, 1955) is an American artist known for his reproductions of banal objects—such as balloon...
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When people make judgments they close all the possibility around them.

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Every day I wake up and I really try to pinch myself to take advantage of today and to use that freedom of gesture to do what I really like to do.

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Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind, to make the word a... →

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Art's a very metaphysical activity. It's something that enriches the parameters of your life, the possibilities of being, and you touch... →

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I like to look at everything and appreciate seeing the different things that have meaning to people.

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I've always enjoyed feeling a connection to the avant-garde, such as Dada and surrealism and pop art. The only thing the artist can do is be... →

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I think about my work every minute of the day.

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I believe that my art gets across the point that I'm in this morality theater trying to help the underdog, and I'm speaking socially here... →

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Art helped give me confidence.

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Art has this ability to allow you to connect back through history in the same way that biology does. I'm always looking for source material.

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I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.

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Art is about profundity. It's about connecting to everything that it means to be alive, but you have to act.

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I spend much more time looking at art history and at different references to art than I do at actual objects.

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