The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.
Interpretation
Artists have the role of fostering awareness and critical thinking in a troubled society.
In a society facing turmoil and disturbance, the artist plays a crucial role in awakening the consciousness of individuals. By provoking thought and elevating the intellectual discourse, artists encourage people to question their surroundings and reflect on the universe, driving societal change through inspiration and awareness.
In practice
In a lecture about the impact of art on society, one might use this quote to emphasize the importance of questioning societal norms.
All the aggressive actions I do to myself I would never dream of doing in my own life - I am not this kind of person. I cry if I cut myself peeling potatoes. I am taking the plane, there is turbulence, I am shaking. In performance, I become, somehow, like not a mortal.
I hate studio. For me, studio is a trap to overproduce and repeat yourself. It is a habit that leads to art pollution.
First of all, to do performance art, you really have to give 100 percent. I only know that I have to give 100 percent and then what happens, happens.
Theatre is fake... The knife is not real, the blood is not real, and the emotions are not real. Performance is just the opposite: the knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.
I want people to come to me open and vulnerable. When they come to the gallery, they have to leave their watches, their computers, their Blackberrys, iPads, iPhones, because we are so incredibly used to technology, and I wanted to remove that.
When you have heartbreak, what's important is that you don't go halfway. Go all the way down. Don't take pills that keep you in limbo. Cry out all the feelings. Then your own energy for life will put you up again. You become stronger.
Poetry is not truth, it is the resurrection of presences.
The main purpose of my work is to provoke people into using their imagination. Most people spend their lives in dreary, grey-beige conformity, mortally afraid of using colours. By experimenting with lighting, colours, textiles and furniture and utilizing the latest technologies, I try to show new ways to encourage people to use their phantasy and make their surroundings more exciting.
For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry.
I have always avoided photographing in the studio. A woman does not spend her life sitting or standing in front of a seamless white paper background. Although it makes my life more complicated, I prefer to take my camera out into the street... and places that are out of bounds for photographers have always had a special attraction for me.
I love acting, especially if it's a fantasy of some kind, where it's not just realistic, it's not naturalism.
Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do.
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