Jeff Koons Quotes

Art is something that happens inside us. We look at things in the world, and we become excited by them. We understand our own possibilities of becoming. And that's what art is.

The job of the artist is to make a gesture and really show people what their potential is. It's not about the object, and it's not about the image; it's about the viewer. That's where the art happens.

Art is obsolete now. New technologies are taking over.

Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind, to make the word a better place.

I like to look at everything and appreciate seeing the different things that have meaning to people.

When people make judgments they close all the possibility around them.

Art is about profundity. It's about connecting to everything that it means to be alive, but you have to act.

Abstraction and luxury are the guard dogs of the upper class.

My work is a support system for people to feel good about themselves.

I'm making some of the greatest art being made now. It'll take the art world ten years to get around to it.

I'm basically the idea person. I'm not physically involved in the production. I don't have the necessary abilities, so I go to the top people.

The first thing that any good artist has to develop is a sense of independence from the artworld. What really destroys a young artist is insecurity, the fear that everything could be taken away at any moment.

When I view the world, I don't think of my own work. I think of my hope that, through art, people can get a sense of the type of invisible fabric that holds us all together, that holds the world together.

The entertainment industry, the advertising industry have taken [the] tools from the art world and made themselves much more politically potent. We are really devastated and very impotent right now. A photographer just working for an advertising company has a platform to be much more politically effective in the world than an artist.

I think about my work every minute of the day.

I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.

I was always an artist. I was a broker to earn a living, but I was always thinking about my art.

I've always enjoyed feeling a connection to the avant-garde, such as Dada and surrealism and pop art. The only thing the artist can do is be honest with themselves and make the art they want to make. That's what I've always done.

For me, art really starts with acceptance, self trust. Wherever you come to with art, its perfect. You dont have to come with anything. What you bring to something is the art. Thats where its found. Its found within you.

I try to create work that doesn't make viewers feel they're being spoken down to, so they feel open participation.

My process of being inspired is very intuitive. Im constantly following my interest.

I want my work to be accessible to people.

The moment we live in is a great time to make art. We have different technologies to play with, and we're left with the opportunity to focus on our work.

Every day I wake up and I really try to pinch myself to take advantage of today and to use that freedom of gesture to do what I really like to do.

Art has this ability to allow you to connect back through history in the same way that biology does. I'm always looking for source material.