Isa Genzken Short Quotes

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I always wanted to have the courage to do totally crazy, impossible, and also wrong things.

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I tell you, wind is the most difficult thing to put into an object.... here it's a bit more in this next sculpture [Michael Jackson's]

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Artists should not look to the left or the right. Art should be strong and nonconformist—and most importantly, art should always be personal.

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She [Isa's mother] called up Lufthansa and said, 'I have this daughter, you see, and she needs airplane windows,' she said. That's how she did it.

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Yes, throughout our marriage [with Gerhard Richter during 1982 - 1993], we influenced each other mutually. We didn't have a student-teacher kind of relationship.

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I was so disappointed at first [visiting the pyramids in Egypt, in her 20's], because they looked so small, but then when you approached them, they got so big. It's an amazing effect.

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Personally, I don't believe in having expectations, but I can say that, regarding my exterior sculptures, I will only exhibit sculptures in the future that will enrich their surroundings.

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I like to work alone, because it irritates me if people say something stupid — I just can't stand it... I have a Polish guy who comes in and cleans the studio, but pretty much no one else.

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For me personally, the greatest art to date has been created in New York and the most uptight and conventional art in Berlin. Obviously, I am an exception to this rule! [living and working in Berlin]

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