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

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

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What we’ve got here is failure to communicate. Some man you just can’t reach.

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Medium
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Another quote about Art

Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy.

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Pablo Picasso
Medium
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Language
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Time
1945 1940s 20th century
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Picasso, Pablo. "Picasso n'est pas officier dans l'armee Francaise." Interviewed by Simon Tery. Les Lettres Francaise, 24 Mar. 1945.

Another quote originally in German

To know of someone here and there whom we accord with, who is living on with us even in silence-this makes our earthly ball a peopled garden.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

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Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
Medium
Novel
Language
German
Time
1786 1780s 18th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre [Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship]. Berlin: Johann Friedrich Unger, 1785-1786, bk. 7, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship." Goethe: The Collected Works, edited and translated by Eric A. Blackall. Vol. 9, Princeton University Press, 1995, bk. 7, ch. 5.