Theaster Gates quotes

I have the willingness to think fully about where opportunities are and where they live. (Theaster Gates)

I want to spend my time between the creation of ideas and the creation of things.

Theaster Gates

I actually no longer use 'art' as the framing device. I think I'm just kind of practicing things, practicing life, practicing creation.

Theaster Gates

I sometimes am challenged to imagine where the timbre of art should be. Should it be about objects that point to this current moment, or how objects are related to ideas of this current moment?

Theaster Gates

Sometimes the creating that we do is creating a platform that allows other creative people to pitch in.

Theaster Gates

The reality in the neighborhood that I live in is: if I don't constantly reconcile what I have against what other people don't, either I need to leave and be around other people who have what I have, or I'm constantly engaged in this kind of dynamic flow of opportunity and sharing.

Theaster Gates