American - Artist | January 21, 1955 -
Art has this ability to allow you to connect back through history in the same way that biology does. I'm always looking for source material.
Jeff Koons
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Art helped give me confidence.
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Art was something I could do better. It gave me a sense of self.
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I'm always working. If I'm not in my studio I become quite nervous.
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I remember being an art student and going to the Whitney in 1974 to see the exhibition of Jim Nutt, the Chicago imagist. It was then I transferred to school in Chicago, all because of that show.
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The Whitney is a museum that has a great rapport with younger artists and the community.
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I was trying to make art that my son could look on in the future and would realize I was thinking about him very much during these times... that he can look and see my dad's thinking about me, but to also embed in these things something that is bigger than all of us.
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I'm interested in power.
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Whenever you finish an artwork and the viewer comes and views it, at that moment you've given up control.
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I always liked Disney films. To this day I think 'Bambi' is great.
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I'd have to say I've become more aware of my communal responsibility.
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I enjoy all mediums, and I have to say, music is the medium that first made me understand how powerful art could be.
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