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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
#Feel
#I Am
#Myself
#Sometimes
#Time
I am not an artist.
- Maurizio Cattelan
#Am
#Artist
#I Am
Rules are simply obstacles to be jumped, like in a horse race: higher and higher every time.
- Maurizio Cattelan
#Obstacles
#Race
#Rules
#Simply
#Time
You don't wanna see your work, because you might find out that you do not like it.
- Maurizio Cattelan
#Because
#Find
#See
#Work
#Your
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
#Cocktail
#Dangerous
#Price
#Time
#Work
There are times when being scandalous or provocative can help bring focus to issues of major concern.
- Maurizio Cattelan
#Being
#Bring
#Concern
#Focus
#Help
I'm terrorized by a fear of failure. Failure is always there.
- Maurizio Cattelan
#Always
#Failure
#Fear
Art is about forgetting all these feelings, good and bad, and trying to understand what acts will last longer, which symbols will remain in history. It's a question of perspective: The further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems.
- Maurizio Cattelan
#Art
#Good
#History
#Past
#Perspective
Money is a bad friend. Don't ever do anything for money.
- Maurizio Cattelan
#Anything
#Bad
#Ever
#Friend
#Money
I work more with my stomach than my brain.
- Maurizio Cattelan
#Brain
#More
#Stomach
#Than
#Work
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
#Aim
#Balance
#Open
#Perfect
#Possible
Every work of art is a great promise of escape and, therefore, like an open invitation.
- Maurizio Cattelan
#Art
#Escape
#Great
#Open
#Work
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.
- Maurizio Cattelan
#Escape
#Family
#Situation
#Start
#Young
From my point of view, humour and irony include tragedy; they're two sides of the same coin.
- Maurizio Cattelan
#Irony
#Point Of View
#Tragedy
#Two
#View
Art should be able to be innovative without compromising itself. That's why I believe artists should have bigger preoccupations than checking the price tags on their work or becoming curators' darlings.
- Maurizio Cattelan
#Art
#Believe
#I Believe
#Why
#Work
Contemporary art will never achieve the audience of football, pop music, or television, so I think we should stop comparing its possible area of influence to that of big mass-media events.
- Maurizio Cattelan
#Achieve
#Art
#Football
#Influence
#Music
I produce so little that the works have to be editioned. Otherwise, I don't survive. Also, editioning is relevant for communication. If you make three new works, it means that nine objects are available. Three people talking about your work is fine, but nine makes a difference.
- Maurizio Cattelan
#Communication
#New
#People
#Three
#Work
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.
- Maurizio Cattelan
#Coffee
#Editing
#Life
#Morning
#Process
#Work
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