'Understanding' art is like having a sense of humour - if you don't have one, no amount of explanation is going to make you laugh.
Michael Craig-MartinSometimes we look at a work of art and we immediately think that it is German art, but with some we don't, it's not so obvious.
Michael Craig-MartinI think that cultural influence is very deep, it is not on the surface and this is true in every culture.
Michael Craig-MartinI think from an artist's point of view, everything in art, in fact everything in the world is available as material.
Michael Craig-MartinI try to make images that have the immediate presence we take for granted in objects - a chair, a shoe, a book, a Judd - and compose them like sentences.
Michael Craig-MartinI don't like the idea of nationalism, but on the other hand, I do see that there is a difference between British art, German art and Chinese art. This is because of the history, because each country has different history and each country reads and teaches that history differently.
Michael Craig-Martin