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For many years I hoped to have an exhibition in China, because of my family connection.
Michael Craig-Martin
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Michael Craig-Martin
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: August 28
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If you were really interested in being creative in teaching, it was possible to try new methods and that was really what we did in Goldsmiths - we used the freedom of the time.
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Often people do not properly value things that they are good at naturally because they find them too easy. That is very problematic.
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It's just that some things more important for this and less important for that, and this is true regardless the style of the art.
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The person you admire was true to himself. You can only truly honour him by being true to yourself.
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It's important for me to give each thing the possibility to speak and also to allow artworks speak to each other.
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At the Summer Exhibition, I didn't really change anything it's the same exhibition. All I changed is the presentation. I didn't really change the rules.
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