Laurence Gartel Professions : Visual Artist Born : June 5, 1956 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Laurence Gartel Nobody needs an Artist, but everyone needs ART. Laurence Gartel artist art needs I am sitting in the trenches between love and desire.' - ART like LOVE is rarely understood. Laurence Gartel desire love art To be an artist is to take responsibility for the world's destiny. You shape it by your vision. Laurence Gartel destiny artist responsibility There is a lot of information out there. To the degree that your life changes, it is made useful or useless. Laurence Gartel life-changing degrees useless An amateur at LIFE is an amateur at ART. Laurence Gartel life-is art When you are 'bad' in the art world they are very very scared! They want to control you... and they can't! Individuality and uniqueness are threats to the status quo. It is an artist's job to be an 'outlaw. Laurence Gartel individuality jobs art Similar Authors Annette Messager visual-artist Andrew Wyeth visual-artist Alice Neel visual-artist Adrian Piper visual-artist Ilya Kabakov visual-artist David Kassan visual-artist All Authors