I believe in the city as a ...

I believe in the city as a natural human environment, but we must humanize it. It's art that will re-define public space in the 21st Century. We can make our cities diverse, inspirational places by putting art, dance and performance in all its forms into the matrix of street life.
 Antony Gormley

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Art is not about objects of high monetary exchange. It's about reasserting our firsthand experience in present time.
 Antony Gormley
Art has to change things, and if it was immediately acceptable it would not be doing the job.
 Antony Gormley
We are not moving towards some kind of goal. We are at the goal, and it is changing with us. If art has any purpose, it is to open our eyes to that fact.
 Antony Gormley