Grayson Perry Quotes

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Grayson Perry

Profession : Artist

Birth : March 24, 1960

And it's been one of my big sort of campaigns throughout my career, really, is to sort of make art accessible but without dumbing it down. You know, art - the more you know about it, the more you enjoy it.

Grayson Perry

The art world would have you believe that anything can be art. But, of course, there's actually many things that aren't art. And we would all recognize it when it isn't.

Grayson Perry

My tapestries are woven on a computer-controlled loom. I design them on Photoshop. I recently did some digitally-routed woodcuts because I wanted the woodcut look, but I didn't want to get the chisels out.

Grayson Perry

Drawing will never go out of date because, you know, you've still got to have the imaginative thought. You've got to react to the world in the present and do a drawing.

Grayson Perry

Im a fan of the restaurant where they only have one thing and maybe a vegetarian option. You get what you are given.

Grayson Perry

When mobile phones came out, they were a status symbol. Now the status symbol is having someone to manage your mobile phone for you.

Grayson Perry

My mother is a strong person. She's funny but volatile, with a pretty bad temper.

Grayson Perry

I had an affair with an older woman when I was at college, and she was a strong feminist, which shaped my view of women. I learned that they could call the shots, which was fine with me.

Grayson Perry

I've always gone out with women who made me laugh.

Grayson Perry

It's interesting that female artists are underrepresented in exhibitions. That may be down to the fact that the people in power in the art world are men.

Grayson Perry

Mother had an affair with the milkman, who later became my stepdad and my father left. My stepdad was an angry guy and Mother was a hysterical narcissist. It was a toxic mixture and there was a lot of disruption and violent arguments in the house.

Grayson Perry

If Id had a happy childhood I definitely wouldnt have become the person I am - although a bad childhood isnt a recipe for being a creative person. There are many people in the arts who come from perfectly happy, middle-class homes.

Grayson Perry

Road rage is my vice. Im a cyclist and motorcyclist, and people who dont indicate drive me nuts.

Grayson Perry

I dont care how Ill be remembered after death. For all I know people will put all my work in a skip the next day.

Grayson Perry

Fashion is a language, and therefore says something about politics, and certain fashion styles get associated with certain political standpoints.

Grayson Perry

Fashion is a way to orchestrate the spectacle of ideas. You can get someone who is fashionable but not terribly stylish, and the other way round.

Grayson Perry

As human beings, we are addicted to novelty. Part of being stylish is surprisingness. Part of being an artist is surprisingness. If there are ingredients of beauty, it certainly is one of them. Surprise is like a spice on the meal, it makes you say: 'woo'.

Grayson Perry

You cant be an artist without going to art school. Its impossible. Art schools like being plunged into a sheep dip that inoculates you against cliches. It gives you a sensibility you need to get into the art world.

Grayson Perry

Im quite self-serving so, while going round a degree show, what I really want to find out is whats going on in the world today, particularly as technology has widened the chasm between generations.

Grayson Perry

How art works is really interesting. It comes from our unconscious, a lot of it. And were communicating in ways were not completely aware of when were making it.

Grayson Perry