Born in 1955, American artist

Jeff Koons

“Art is something that happens inside us. We look at things in the world, and we become excited by them. We understand our own possibilities of becoming. And that's what art is.”

“Art is obsolete now. New technologies are taking over.”

“I like to look at everything and appreciate seeing the different things that have meaning to people.”

“When people make judgments they close all the possibility around them.”

Contemporary art

“Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind, to make the word a better place.”

Jeff Koons

“When I view the world, I don't think of my own work. I think of my hope that, through art, people can get a sense of the type of invisible fabric that holds us all together, that holds the world together.”

“I show my work in many different places in the world so it means something different to everyone depending on where they live and their culture, as well as their age group.”