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Abstraction and luxury are the guard dogs of the upper class.
Jeff Koons
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Jeff Koons
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 21
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Jeffrey Koons
Jeffrey Lynn Koons
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The first thing that any good artist has to develop is a sense of independence from the artworld. What really destroys a young artist is insecurity, the fear that everything could be taken away at any moment.
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Whenever you finish an artwork and the viewer comes and views it, at that moment you've given up control.
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It's wonderful to make a lot of money, to be able to take care of my family, to have the facilities I have and really support the people the studio's involved with. But at the end of the day I'm quite simple as an artist-it's really about the power of art.
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I enjoy all mediums, and I have to say, music is the medium that first made me understand how powerful art could be.
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I always liked Disney films. To this day I think 'Bambi' is great.
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Art is obsolete now. New technologies are taking over.
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I don't like being naïve about the market, and I always try to make things as great as I can. Then I hope that there's an audience that enjoys them, and that hopefully those things get protected.
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