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Even the act of peeling a potato can be a work of art if it is a conscious act.

Joseph Beuys

Artforum · 1969

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Nature of art Housework and homemaking Art

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1969

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Joseph Beuys

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Beuys, Joseph. "An Interview with Joseph Beuys." Interviewed by Willoughby Sharp. Artforum, Dec. 1969.

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Even the act of peeling a potato can be a work of art if it is a conscious act. — Joseph Beuys

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