To be a teacher is my greatest work of art.

Joseph Beuys

Quoted in Artforum

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Topic

Teaching Art

Speaker

Joseph Beuys

Source

Artforum

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

German

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Artist

From

Germany Europe

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Citation

Beuys, Joseph. "An Interview with Joseph Beuys." Interviewed by Willoughby Sharp. Artforum, Dec. 1969.

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I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I Have a Dream

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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I Have a Dream
Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "I Have a Dream." March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. 28 Aug. 1963, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, USA.

Another quote about Art

The greatness of art, like poetry or music, is that it is totally unnecessary.

Christo

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Art for art's sake Art

Author

Christo
Source
D Magazine
Medium
Interview
Language
English
Time
2011 2010s 21st century
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Christo. "Interview: Christo On the Freedom of Unnecessary Art." Interviewed by Peter Simek. D Magazine, 24 Feb. 2011.

Another quote originally in German

Now every tradition grows continually more venerable, the farther off lies its origin, the more this is lost sight of; the veneration paid it accumulates from generation to generation, the tradition at last becomes holy and excites awe.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Human, All Too Human

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Human, All Too Human
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1878 1870s 19th century
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Menschliches, Allzumenschliches: Ein Buch für freie Geister [Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeizner, 1878, second division, no. 96.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits, translated by Marion Faber and Stephen Lehmann. University of Nebraska Press, 1984, second division, no. 96.