Genesis P-Orridge

Musician

United Kingdom

1950 - 2020

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Everything we do is art, philosophy, mysticism, cultural commentary.
Genesis P-Orridge
All the great artists illustrate their approach to life in the work they make.
Genesis P-Orridge
In the art world, sentimentality and intimacy and the emotive side of lives are considered very uncool. There's nervousness around intimacy.
Genesis P-Orridge
It has always been my belief that creation, the making of 'art' in any medium or combination of mediums, is a holy act.
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Every few years, you have to change your strategy. You have to look at how the world is mutating, and mutate. Not in the same way but in parallel.
Genesis P-Orridge
I think we can only ultimately change the world by example and by fearlessly embracing what could happen.
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I think, with TG, in our own ways, we have been committed to the idea of evolution on some level and change on some level - that human behaviour may not be changeable, but one has to try and be optimistic and work towards content that might signify change.
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Change comes from reflection.
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The human body is not the person. Identity is the way the brain operates; it's memories, it's sensory input and output. The mind is the person.
Genesis P-Orridge
We live in this miraculous technological environment, and yet our human behaviour is still governed by basic impulses from prehistoric times.
Genesis P-Orridge