Njideka Akunyili Crosby on Embroidery | The Artist's Mother, by Georges Seurat

Njideka Akunyili Crosby: "My work deals a lot with my life and domestic spaces, and letting viewers take a glimpse into my everyday life."
 

Annabeth Rosen on ceramic deer figurines

"I don't think there's any more satisfaction that exists in the world than making like a real thing in the real world."
 

Ann Hamilton on a Malian marionette

Ann Hamilton: "For me the act of making is also an act of finding something."
 

Vik Muniz on The Henry Luce Center for the Study of American Art

Vik Muniz: "They just are. You have to look without prejudice. They leave that to you to make your own narrative, to create your own story."
 

Thomas Struth on Chinese Buddhist sculpture

Thomas Struth: "What does it mean? Can it change my life? Can it transform my opinion or my existence in some small or larger way? Does it clarify anything?"
 

Ghada Amer on an Iranian tile panel Garden Gathering

Ghada Amer: "I don't like art that is too much intellect. I like it to speak to my heart, my vision, to be happy, to go out, and to believe in peace."