Chris Jordan Quotes & Sayings
19 most famous Chris Jordan quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for her. She was an American artist who passed away on February 1990.
“There's an axiom I live by: 'There is no art without politics.' You either choose to engage it, or you choose political apathy. This ties in with ideas around real-time performance and feedback.”
“Activating is about changing people's perceptions of overlooked or invisible spaces. A building can become an archetype, invisible, like for a New Yorker, for example, the Statue of Liberty. You look at it, and it disappears into the thousands of times you've already seen it.”
“One culture I find fascinating to juxtapose against American culture is the culture of Germany. They've gone through a long process through their art, poetry, public discourse, their politics, of owning the fact of their complicity in what happened in World War II. It's still a topic of everyday conversation in Germany.”
“Set your compass to beauty, humor, and grief; stay the course no matter what, and I'll support you with everything I've got.”
“All of my work is meant to evoke a whole bunch of different layers of discord between the attraction and repulsion that we feel toward our consumer habits and our consumer lives.”
“I used to be a photographer - and now I'm some kind of digital photographic artist.”
“I crave to be able to photograph the way a painter paints - in a loose, expressive way.”
“American culture is not about experiencing our shame, it's about denying it. It's been that way our whole history.”
“I hate the word 'rendering,' as it equates to 'pouring concrete' on ideas that demand continuing dialog. 'Trade secrets' imply hoarding of knowledge.”
“I want people to realize that they matter.”
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