Jeff Koons

Visual Arts American 1955 101 quotes

An American artist known for his works dealing with popular culture and his reproductions of banal objects, such as his 'Balloon Dog' series.

Quotes by Jeff Koons

Art is about communication. It's about a dialogue. It's about sharing ideas. It's about sharing feelings. It's about sharing your own humanity.

Interview with The Guardian 2014

I believe in the power of art to transform people's lives.

Speech at Art Basel 2012

My work is about acceptance and about the celebration of life.

Interview with Artforum 2008

I want to create work that is accessible to everybody, regardless of their background or education.

Interview with The New York Times 2000

The viewer completes the work. Without the viewer, the work doesn't exist.

Interview with Tate Modern 1997

I'm interested in the idea of the sublime, the transcendent, the spiritual.

Interview with The Wall Street Journal 2015

Art is about the affirmation of life.

Speech at the Whitney Museum 2010

I want to make art that makes people feel good about themselves.

Interview with Vanity Fair 2005

My work is about the celebration of the everyday.

Interview with Frieze Magazine 1999

I believe that art can be a powerful force for good in the world.

Interview with CNN 2013

I'm interested in the idea of the readymade, of taking something that already exists and transforming it into art.

Interview with Flash Art 1986

My work is about the power of the object.

Interview with Art in America 1990

I want to create art that is both intellectually stimulating and emotionally engaging.

Interview with The Art Newspaper 2003

Art is about the pursuit of perfection.

Speech at the Royal Academy of Arts 2016

I'm interested in the idea of the consumer and the consumed.

Interview with October Magazine 1988

My work is about the celebration of the self.

Interview with W Magazine 2001

I want to make art that is both beautiful and thought-provoking.

Interview with The Economist 2007

Art is about the experience.

Interview with The New Yorker 2011

I'm interested in the idea of the monumental.

Interview with Interview Magazine 1995

My work is about the idea of the new.

Interview with Bomb Magazine 1985