"Being an artist is being an isolated individual."

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Source : Asger Jorn, Per Hovdenakk, Stine Høholt, Arken museum for moderne kunst (Ishøj, Denmark), Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst (Amstelveen, Netherlands) (2002). “Asger Jorn”

Asger Jorn

#Artist Quotes #Solitude Quotes #Individual Quotes

“Ask photographers to write and they have nothing to say; ask them to talk about their work and they won't shut up.”
“Good thing it's a fight and not a modeling contest or you'd be f#cked.”
“Government support is not only investing in upstream areas like basic research, but also in downstream areas like applied research and early-stage financing for the companies themselves. This means there are great risks.”
“Luxury starts where functionality ends and where the true value is personal and so has no price or reason.”
“I always practise penalties, but what people don't understand is that you can never recreate that pressure situation that you're under.”
“Challenges will come to you, but as you trust in God, they will strengthen your faith.”
“Asia is the continent rhythm forgot. At best Asian music is off-brand American pop, like Sonny Bono in a karaoke bar. At worst Asian music sounds as if a truck full of wind chimes collided with a stack of empty oil drums during a birdcall contest.”
“Yes there is a little group of soccer aficionados, but I am not one of them.”

Source : Interview with Robert Birnbaum, themorningnews.org. July 6, 2006.

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