Everyday Aesthetics Quotes

What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is related only to objects and not to individuals, or to life. That art is something which is specialized or which is done by experts who are artists. But couldn't everyone's life become a work of art? Why should the lamp or the house be an art object, but not our life?

Why should the lamp or the house be an art object but not our life?

Art should be created for life, not for the museum.

Sometimes, I think the only art left for us is slowly peeling the label off a beer bottle while somebody tells you about a dream they had.

It's always been my philosophy to try to make art out of the everyday and ordinary...it never occurred to me to leave home to make art.

My only duty was to describe reality as it had come to me-to give the mundane its beautiful due.

What makes daily life interesting is that we try to transform it to something that is close to art.

I'm not like most designers, who have to set sail on an exotic getaway to get inspired. Most of the time, it's on my walk to work, or sitting in the subway and seeing something random or out of context.

Look around at day-to-day life for ideas, and it finds its way into your work.

Cultivate the habit of zest. Purposefully seek out the beauty in the seemingly trivial. Especially in the trivial. The colors and shapes of the foods you eat. The shadows a vase makes on your table. The interesting faces of the people on the bus with you.

Part of what I do and what I want to do is I want to bring art into the everyday life. If you can take ordinary just walking in the street and you're confronted by something, that might change your day - it might inspire you.