Maurizio Cattelan

I think art is a weapon. A very soft weapon.

I’m interested in the invisible.

I’m always looking for trouble.

I don't have a plan. I just react.

I think the best art is the one that you don't understand.

I like to make art that is a bit of a nightmare.

I'm a professional amateur.

I always thought of art as a kind of crime.

I’m like a mosquito, buzzing around, annoying people.

If I were a collector, I’d collect artists, not artworks.

I’m the lazy guy who wakes up in the afternoon and says, ‘Maybe I’ll do something today.’

Art is a dictatorship. But it’s a dictatorship where the dictator is never sure.

I don’t believe in the genius artist. I believe in the genius collector.

The moment you','re happy with what you’ve done, you’re dead.

I’m not an artist. I’m a trickster.

I think art should be like a joke—you get it or you don’t.

I like to think that art is like a virus. It infects you.

Art is a waste of time. I do it because I have nothing else to do.

My work is about failure, about things that don't work, about things that are a bit pathetic.

I like to poke people, to make them react, to make them think, even if it's just for a second.