Hans Haacke Quotes

There was an exhibition in Munich in 1937, 'Degenerate Art,' which included work by Klee, Kandinsky, Beckmann and many others. The work was called 'sick' and put in the trash heap. The sentiments expressed toward contemporary art by Jesse Helms, Pat Robertson and Mayor Giuliani recall the language used by the Nazis.

Hans Haacke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: August 12, 1936

Topics

WorkArtSickLanguageTrashOthers

In the midst of hardship, it was the music that restored my soul.

Ji-Hae Park

MusicSoulMy SoulHardshipMidst

The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.

John Major

DecisionMistakeNeverPolitician

If you run from technology, it will chase you.

Robert M. Pirsig

TechnologyYouRunWillChase

One of the great things and one of the horrible things about the American character is this extraordinary optimism and arrogance that everything will continue to be great and keep looking up.

John Wells

CharacterGreatOptimismLooking

For any sport to be sustainable, it cannot survive on government or corporate grants alone. The sporting ecosystem needs more investments from businesses, and businesses need to see the returns from their investment in sport. Cricket has achieved that distinction, but I feel a country of a billion-plus people cannot remain captive to one sport.

Anand Mahindra

AloneGovernmentPeopleCricketFeel

You have to challenge yourself about the choices you make as an artist.

Shura

ChallengeYourselfChoicesYouMake

A force field is basically an invisible shield. You push a button and all of a sudden a bubble forms around you which is impenetrable. It can stop bullets, it can stop ray gun blasts and we realized force fields are actually a little bit difficult to create.

Michio Kaku

GunPushYouCreateStopBubble

To be able to research directly from firefighters makes all the difference in the world in the authenticity of a performance.

Miranda Rae Mayo

ResearchWorldPerformanceDifference

Seeing my child born is so much more important than anything else I've got going on.

Lukas Forchhammer

ChildSeeingBornImportantMore

Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.

Livy

MenBlessingsMisfortunesRecognize

Every band I've worked with also wants to be countercultural in the sense that they want to feel that they've gone somewhere that nobody else has been.

Brian Eno

FeelNobodyWantBandGoneSense

Many people decorate their homes with designer graffiti, even though most of them would probably have real graffiti scoured off the walls of their buildings.

Brad Holland

WallsPeopleBuildingsRealOff

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