What is it about people that since the dawn of time we've wanted to mark our presence so that other people will see it?

Chuck Close

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Topic

Sources of art Art Human nature

Speaker

Chuck Close

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

United States

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Citation

Close, Chuck. Quoted in Portraits: Talking with Artists at the Met, the Modern, the Louvre, and Elsewhere. Random House, 1998. Originally spoken during an interview with Michael Kimmelman, 1998.

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The greatness of art, like poetry or music, is that it is totally unnecessary.

Christo

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Topic
Art for art's sake Art

Author

Christo
Source
D Magazine
Medium
Interview
Language
English
Time
2011 2010s 21st century
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Citation

Christo. "Interview: Christo On the Freedom of Unnecessary Art." Interviewed by Peter Simek. D Magazine, 24 Feb. 2011.