Art 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 BeuysFor instance, in places like universities, where everyone speaks so rationally, it is necessary for a kind of enchanter to appear.
Joseph BeuysMan is really not freeing many aspects. He is dependent on his social circumstances, but he is free in his thinking, and here is the point of origin of sculpture. For me the formation of the thought is already sculpture. The thought is sculpture.
Joseph Beuys