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Sooner or later, all magazines end up in the toilet. Maurizio Cattelan
Later Magazines Sooner Sooner Or Later End Up Toilet
I work more with my stomach than my brain. Maurizio Cattelan
Work More Brain Than Stomach
My aim is to be as open and as incomprehensible as possible. There has to be a perfect balance between open and shut. Maurizio Cattelan
Balance Aim Possible Perfect Open Between Incomprehensible Shut
I have become an employee of art. Maurizio Cattelan
Art Become Employee
You don't wanna see your work, because you might find out that you do not like it. Maurizio Cattelan
Work You Out Find See Like Because Wanna Might Your
Sometimes I see myself as a locked box - very detached from myself and others. But I feel lucky, because I am the owner of my time, and you cannot buy time. Maurizio Cattelan
Buy Time Myself You Sometimes Others Locked Detached See My Time Feel Box Because Am Very Owner Cannot Lucky
Provocations are like a Molotov cocktail. They only work one time out of ten, but when it works, it can also be dangerous for the arm that is throwing it. It's the price that has to be paid. Maurizio Cattelan
Work Time Dangerous Cocktail Out One Time Ten Only Price Throwing Arm Like Also Paid Works
When you place art in the shops, it's a way to make it more accessible. Maurizio Cattelan
Art You Way More Make Accessible Shops Place
Warhol was proof that you can be revolutionary without being militant. Maurizio Cattelan
You Proof Without Revolutionary Being Warhol Militant
Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement... for transfiguration, not for the sake of play. Max Beckmann
Art Creative Sake Realization Play Amusement
Painting constantly appeared to me as the one and only possible achievement. Max Beckmann
Me Achievement Painting Possible Constantly Only Appeared
I do not weep: I loathe tears, for they are a sign of slavery. Max Beckmann
Tears Loathe Sign Weep Slavery
What I want to show in my work is the idea which hides itself behind so-called reality. Max Beckmann
Work Reality Hides Idea Itself Behind So-Called Want Which Show
I went across the fields to avoid the straight highways, along the firing lines where people were shooting at a small wooded hill, which is now covered with wooden crosses and lines of graves instead of spring flowers. Max Beckmann
People Spring Crosses Small Firing Instead Highways Along Hill Were Covered Lines Shooting Wooden Where Which Fields Straight Across Avoid Now Graves Flowers
I hardly need to abstract things, for each object is unreal enough already, so unreal that I can only make it real by means of painting. Max Beckmann
Painting Enough Object Unreal Only Abstract Make Real Means Each Hardly Things Need
I believe the reason I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective. Max Beckmann
Love Painting Believe Objective Forces Much Reason
I think only of objects: of a leg or an arm, of the wonderful sense of foreshortening, breaking through the plane, of the division of space, of the combination of straight lines in relation to curved ones. Max Beckmann
Wonderful Space Sense Think Relation Objects Only Through Division Combination Arm Lines Leg Wonderful Sense Breaking Straight Plane
One of my problems is to find the self. Max Beckmann
Problems Find Self
Height, width, and depth are the three phenomena which I must transfer into one plane to form the abstract surface of the picture, and thus to protect myself from the infinity of space. Max Beckmann
Myself Space Three Picture Must Abstract Thus Protect Surface Infinity Form Transfer Which Height Plane Depth Phenomena Width
Painting is a very difficult thing. It absorbs the whole man, body and soul, thus have I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life. Max Beckmann
Life Man Soul Political Blindly Painting Difficult Absorb Thus Passed Real Political Life Very Which Body Many Whole Thing Things Belong Difficult Thing
Well, I am a lot like my dad, and the character of Ted is based on my dad. Max Cannon
Character Like Well Am Lot Dad Based Ted
I imagine I'll continue on doing it for many years to come. Max Cannon
Come Doing Continue Years Many Imagine
But if I'm going to cause somebody else discomfort by my actions, then I should probably modify my actions toward them to make them as comfortable as possible. Max Cannon
Cause Somebody Else Possible Toward Make Comfortable Discomfort Going Them Then Modify Should Actions
People are essentially red meat. They are. Max Cannon
People Red Red Meat Essentially Meat
I wanted to be a painter. Max Cannon
Wanted Painter
I hope to actually get back to painting someday... soon. I sort of transitioned into cartooning from painting. Max Cannon
Hope Painting Back Cartooning Someday Soon Sort Get Actually
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