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• ‟ The making of a whole person and the creation of true individuals can only happen by singing and dancing and making art.

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• ‟ I believe in the city as a natural human environment, but we must humanize it. It's art that will re-define public space in the 21st Century. We can make our cities diverse, inspirational places by putting art, dance and performance in all its forms into the matrix of street life.

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• ‟ Art is the means by which we communicate what it feels like to be alive - in the past, that was mixed up with other illustrative duties, but that was still its central function that has been liberated in the art called modern.

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• ‟ I have to say that I reject somewhat the distinction between something called art and something called public art. I think all art demands and desires to be seen.

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• ‟ I think it's probably the Dutch who are to blame for starting the whole 'art business', because before they came along, art was attached to relatively stable structures, and it was everybody's. It was like going to the movies.

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• ‟ It's wonderful to see art in a museum, but it is institutionalised. I don't like the idea of the artwork as something that requires special conditions. I would like it to be universal.

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• ‟ Making beautiful things for everyday use is a wonderful thing to do - making life flow more easily - but art confronts life, allowing it to stop and perhaps change direction - they are completely different.

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• ‟ Public money should be spent on art but through individuals not committees.

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• ‟ Art has to change things, and if it was immediately acceptable it would not be doing the job.

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