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

I want to make art that is both meaningful and memorable.

Interview with The Wall Street Journal 2011

Art is about the joy of creation.

Speech at the Tate Modern 2016

I'm interested in the idea of the universal language of art.

Interview with The Art Newspaper 2007

My work is about the idea of the future.

Interview with Frieze Magazine 1994

I want to create art that is both accessible and challenging.

Interview with The New Yorker 2009

Art is about the human condition.

Interview with The Guardian 2017

I'm interested in the idea of the power of the image.

Interview with Art in America 1987

My work is about the idea of the infinite.

Interview with Vanity Fair 2003

I want to make art that is both personal and public.

Interview with CNN 2010

Art is about the pursuit of happiness.

Speech at Art Basel 2018

I'm interested in the idea of the celebration of existence.

Interview with The Economist 2006

I believe in advertisement and media completely. My art and my advertising run in parallel.

Interview 1986

Art's power of persuasion resides in the small personal details of its production and appearance.

Book 1992

I think art is a total thing. A total person giving everything they can to art.

Speech 2000

The viewer is the most important part of the art. Without the viewer, there is no art.

Interview 1985

I want to create art that is optimistic and positive, that celebrates life.

Interview 1990

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.

Exhibition Catalog

My work is about the potential of objects, about the power of the everyday.

Speech 2005

Art should be accessible to everyone, not just the elite.

Interview 2010

I think the artist is a messenger of feeling.

Book 1997