Maurizio Cattelan Quotes

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Maurizio Cattelan

Profession : Artist

Birth : September 21, 1960

Gianni Agnelli was a sharp mind, and most of his interviews carried meanings between the lines that only now are fully readable.

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Based on my experience, it's considerably difficult to force a donkey into doing something it perceives to be dangerous for whatever reason.

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When I was very young, I had to start to working to help my family, while my friends were studying. Since then, I have felt the urgency to escape from every dependency situation.

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I get up in the morning and get to bed at night, and between, I bring equivalent dedication to everything I do, with a horror of the inaccurate and the half-baked.

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Art fairs are a lot like professional proms - you make contacts, have a lot to look at, and in some cases, you make friends forever. I think that for artists, they can be a bit controversial: they stimulate curiosity, but at the same time, you're always trying to not have your work hung on a wall.

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I would never make fun of anyone who is obviously disabled who cannot defend himself, like Donald Trump.

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If you are searching to figure out what is true and what is not, you will have a sad life. It means you have too much time, and you should do a hobby - like collecting art.

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I never tried to make money - just enough to be able to eat.

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I don't like the idea of having a public image. In the end, you have an image of someone, which becomes true whether it is or not.

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I like to produce work for specific places, and it is difficult to do repeat shows in the same space.

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I was jealous of colleagues when I should have been happy for them. I decided to save my energy. If you think they are great works, you should buy them.

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Sooner or later, all magazines end up in the toilet.

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I work more with my stomach than my brain.

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My aim is to be as open and as incomprehensible as possible. There has to be a perfect balance between open and shut.

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I have become an employee of art.

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Work was always necessary to survive. Then I decided the goal should be to survive without working. But now I have much more work than I had before. Hunting for freedom, I've found the real prison. but at least it's a prison I've chosen for myself.

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You don't wanna see your work, because you might find out that you do not like it.

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Money is a bad friend. Don't ever do anything for money.

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Every morning, we choose between milk or tea or coffee. Usually, I know what I like, but I don't rule out changing my idea sometimes. The editing process is one of the most important parts in everyday life. The same is with my work: mistakes are part of the decision-making process.

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Never give an artist like me carte blanche: he would think it's simply toilet paper.

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