So when I appear as a kind of shamanistic figure, or allude to it, I do it to stress my belief in other priorities and the need to come up with a completely different plan for working with substances. For instance, in places like universities, where everyone speaks so rationally, it is necessary for a kind of enchanter to appear.
Joseph BeuysFor instance, in places like universities, where everyone speaks so rationally, it is necessary for a kind of enchanter to appear.
Joseph BeuysArt 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 โ and through this naturally operate upon the core questions of our society โ is not art.
Joseph BeuysMoney has to undergo a metamorphosis again, it has to relinquish its role in the market economy and engage in an economy of capacities. Then we would be concerned with human creative productivity. And we would come full circle, since each human being can then act within his company as co-creator of the future, can - in full dignity - contribute to shaping this future.
Joseph Beuys