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.
Interpretation
Art should be accessible to everyone and not confined to special environments like museums.
Antony Gormley's quote emphasizes the idea that art should not be restricted to institutional settings like museums, which can make it feel exclusive and distant. He advocates for a more universal approach to art, where it can be experienced and appreciated by all, regardless of location or context, highlighting the importance of accessibility and inclusivity in the art world.
In practice
During a speech on community culture, one might quote this to emphasize the importance of public art.
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.
We are not moving towards some kind of goal. We are at the goal, and it is changing with us. If art has any purpose, it is to open our eyes to that fact.
Art is not about objects of high monetary exchange. It's about reasserting our firsthand experience in present time.
In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.
I never want to make the kind of film whose impact ends when the audience leaves the cinema.
You have to take a lot of bad pictures. Dont' be afraid to take bad pictures... You have to take a lot of bad pictures in order to know when you've got a good one.
The sacred sense of beyond, of timelessness, of a world which had an eternal value and the substance of which was divine had been given back to me today by this friend of mine who taught me dancing.
At the end of the day, 'Shuffle Along' is about people coming together and making something extraordinary - and history not necessarily being kind to them. It's about the love of necessarily being kind to them. It's about the love of doing, regardless of the consequences.
My head is full of fire and grief and my tongue runs wild, pierced with shards of glass.
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