Fred Tomaselli quotes

Art is really about perception, and mine have been changed through visiting other realities. (Fred Tomaselli)
I've come to believe in the primacy of form - the notion of art seducing you through your senses, through your eyeballs. View quote
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A lot of people dont think of my work as being all that funny, but I think its hilarious! View quote
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I worked my way through art school as an auto mechanic, doing various stuff including sanding bodywork and using Bondo filler. View quote
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I'm actually pretty smart when you get to know me. View quote
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The small amount of people that control the discourse around painting - I thought that the whole museum world was just a bunch of phonies, and I didn't really want to have anything to do with it. I guess I did installations, in a funny way, because they couldn't be commodified. View quote
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I don't embrace irony, but I do think it's a pre-existing condition; we manage it as best we can. View quote
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I kind of have a Victorian sensibility - I don't understand stuff until I can classify it and name it. View quote
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Fred Tomaselli

Fred Tomaselli - Image
Photo: Sally Larsen, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Artist
Born: 1956
Quotes count: 8