Joseph Beuys

"Every man is a plastic artist who must determine things for himself" this is a quote from Beuys and i think it says everything that he stands for. besides being a key participant of the Fluxus movement, Beuys came to be loosely associated with that era's international, proto-Conceptual art movement. He did everything related to art and he was great at it. Something else that made him great was that Beuys suggested, in both his teaching and in his mature "action" and sculptural artworks, that "art" might not ultimately constitute a specialized profession but, rather, a heightened humanitarian attitude, or way of conducting one's life, in every realm of daily activity.