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Art

The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art.

- Thom Mayne

Quote of the Day

I will perform My Heart Will Go On for the rest of my life and it will always remain a very emotional experience for me.

- Celine Dion

Other quotes by Thom Mayne

Art World

It's too simplistic to advance the notion of the autonomy of art as a reason for turning away from the public. You can have autonomy and simultaneously have connections with the social and political world.

- Thom Mayne

Life

I've been such an outsider my whole life.

- Thom Mayne

Art Time

So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive attitude towards the public. I myself am very much inclined to take this position.

- Thom Mayne

People

Large-scale public projects require the agreement of large numbers of people.

- Thom Mayne

Art

The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art.

- Thom Mayne

Work

For me the meaning of my work is much more fluid.

- Thom Mayne

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