The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Joseph Beuys
- Every human being is an artist, a freedom being, called to participate in transforming and reshaping the conditions, thinking and structures that shape and inform our lives.
- To make people free is the aim of art, therefore art for me is the science of freedom.
- I think art is the only political power, the only revolutionary power, the only evolutionary power, the only power to free humankind form all repression. I say not that art has already realized this, on the contrary, and because it has not, it has to be developed as a weapon, at first there are radical levels, then you can speak about special details.
- Art is not there simply to be understood. . It is more the sense of an indication or suggestion.
- A total work of art is only possible in the context of the whole of society. Everyone will be a necessary co-creator of a social architecture, and, so long as anyone cannot participate, the ideal form of democracy has not been reached. Whether people are artists, assemblers of machines or nurses, it is a matter of participating in the whole.
- Art can no longer be art today if it does not reach into the heart of our present culture and work transformatively within it that is, an art which cannot mould society — and through this naturally operate upon the core questions of our society — is not art.
- Art for me is the science of freedom.
- For instance, in places like universities, where everyone speaks so rationally, it is necessary for a kind of enchanter to appear.
- Where would I have ended up if I had been intelligent?
- Truth must be found in reality, not systems.
Joseph Beuys (1921–1986) was a pioneering German artist known for his multidisciplinary practice encompassing sculpture, performance, installation, and social activism. Born in Krefeld, Germany, Beuys served as a Luftwaffe radio operator during World War II, an experience that deeply influenced his later work. After the war, he studied art in Düsseldorf and became associated with the Fluxus movement.
Beuys’s art often explored themes of humanism, ecology, and societal transformation. He believed that everyone was an artist capable of sparking social change, a concept he termed “social sculpture.” Central to his practice was the use of unconventional materials such as felt, fat, and honey, which he saw as symbolic of transformation and healing.
Throughout his career, Beuys challenged conventional notions of art and expanded the role of the artist in society. His provocative performances, such as “How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare” (1965) and “I Like America and America Likes Me” (1974), remain influential in contemporary art discourse.
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