Martin Firrell: Quotes about life

Martin Firrell is British artist and activist. Explore interesting quotes on life.

Martin Firrell: 132 quotes0 likes

“How about we have been dead and what we must do after we die? Why we go to the churches when we are living because I think the divines and Christs are dead in the churches and provide the services, cares and merrys on our lived people. And we received the peaceful mind from them and held a better life than before.”

"The Question Mark Inside" (2008)

“I believe we have to put art back at the center of everyday life rather than allowing it to become a specialist activity at the margins of society.”

Quoted in The International Herald Tribune (19 September 2005).

“Art’s true purpose is to be human as opposed to some rarefied activity set away from real life. I think art should help you to navigate the real challenges of being a human being.”

Quoted in the documentary The Question Mark Inside broadcast in the UK by Sky Arts (30 October 2009).

“The purpose of my life is to try out the ideas I have for it.”

"The Question Mark Inside" (2008)

“My heart pumping 70 times a minute every minute my whole life. What a task! To reach any age in those terms sounds miraculous!”

"Complete Hero" (2009)

“I can accept no responsibility for any changes in your existence, miraculous or otherwise. You must take responsibility for your own life. You must have your own life because if you haven’t had at least that, what have you had?”

Quoted in What’s On in London (15 August 2001).