"The things that are natural to you aren’t natural to anybody else. They are yours."

Michael Craig-Martin
Advice to the Young

”Dig in and engage as early as possible”.

Will Oldham / Bonnie ’Prince’ Billy
Advice to the Young

”Sometimes there’s a nagging voice inside that judges what we do.”

Elif Shafak
Advice to the Young

“I have a piece of advice for any artist, certainly a young artist too … just do it. That’s what I’d say.”

Chantal Joffe
Advice to Young

“Do first, theorize after.”

Pedro Reyes
Advice to the Young

“My father always thought it was good, that I learned how to fight and be in problems.”

Sophie Calle
Advice to the Young

”Look at the photos and they will tell you what the next pictures have to be.”

10 Photographers
Advice to the Young

“You can either cause problems for others or bring joy to them. It depends on the architect.”

Riken Yamamoto
Advice to the Young

“I don’t care. I know what I am doing.”

Stephen Shore
Advice to the Young

“It’s so important to read widely.”

8 Writers
Gives Advice to the Young

“Marry someone rich.”

Bret Easton Ellis
Advice to the Young

“Just finish it. And stop moaning.”

Colm Tóibín
Advice to the Young

”I always loved drawing for the privacy of it. It’s a cleaner way of making art.”

George Condo
The Way I Think

"One of the biggest gifts we can give as an artist is what is given to the next generation."

Rachel Whiteread
Things That Remain

”Every human being creates a world for themselves.” 

Shirazeh Houshiary
A Space of Potentiality

David Shrigley
Everything that is Bad About Art

“Try to see these great surges and great changes in a mode that’s not panic.”

Laurie Anderson
We are in Constant Panic Mode

“If you’re a painter, you need a canvas. If you’re a sculptor, you need marble or plaster. And if you build a house, you need a piece of land.”

Not Vital
Building My Own Habitat

“I am interested in the cycle of damage and repair.”

Phyllida Barlow
Damage and Repair

”I want to make sure I do things where I’m showing a commitment.”

Pope.L.
Making a Commitment to Art

“I’m using stuff as I would use a color from a paint tube.”

Jessica Stockholder: Disturbing the Meaning of Objects

Michael Simpson
Odyssey of a Painter