Hans-Ulrich Obrist Quotes

To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art.

Now that we do not have priests and philosophers any more, artists are the most important people in the world.

To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.

Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity.

I love being around great artists, and I've been around a few of them.

What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men.

To be able to do art, it was a luxury to me.

New York is an incredible place to be an artist, because there are so many incredible people, and... it's all about the people that you get exposed to.

I get to sing and act and write and create and produce for a living and share art with people, and I feel like a piece of that is in honor of those who came before me.

Making art, good art, is always a struggle. It can make you happy when you pull it off. There's no better feeling. It's beauteous. But it's always about hard work and inspiration and sweat and good ideas.

Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.

The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the sense that the Europeans do.

I love illustrating for other writers because I am given stories I never would have thought of, and my work as an illustrator is always in support of the story.

If you're a painter, you're not alone. There's no way to be alone.

If I had a place with a studio where I could paint I'd be happy.

I was attracted to a lot of different art forms - dancing, painting. But there's something about music that people hold so close. It's such a powerful art form, and that's why I live for it.

Photographers have always been each other's biggest fans.

When a great artist gets my attention, I pursue it. If I don't, someone else will, you know what I'm saying?

I think that most people think painters are kind of ridiculous, you know?

I always feel like it is a privilege to be able to be an artist and to be able to exhibit my work all over the world.

There's something pleasing about large, well-lit spaces. I love that dealers are willing to take massive chances in order to give this much room to their artists. Most of all, I love that more galleries showing more art gives more artists a shot.

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.

An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.

Getting to make the music, and having a good time doing it, is the most important thing to us.