art is the creative preserving of truth in the work. Art then is the becoming and happening of truth.
Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), The Origin of Art
I view art as a system of action, intended to change the world
Alfred Gell (1945-1997), Art and Agency
代表著理性思維的科學與野性思維的神話（與藝術），並不是對立；而應該把它們比作獲得知識的兩種平行方式。
Claude Levi- Strauss (1908-2009), The Savage Mind
What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is related only to objects and not to individuals, or to life. ... Why should the lamp or the house be an art object, but not our life?
Michel Foucault (1926-1984),
