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Artist Quotes by Olafur Eliasson

11 Artist quotes by Olafur Eliasson

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Olafur Eliasson’s reflections on what it means to be an artist pack into a compact set of eleven quotes. Though brief, they capture his distinctive way of seeing creativity, ideal for anyone looking for a quick, thoughtful entry point into his ideas.

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The viewer brings something individual to the experience of any artwork.

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I see the artist as a participant, a co-producer of reality.

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I do not think making art alone makes it any better than making it with a team of people.

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Artists are valuable to public discussion: They show the correlation between doing and thinking.

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I don't know a single collector or museum director who says: 'Oh, he's on a list, so I think I'll buy something…

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I don't think you need to be so result-oriented when you're trying to define the success of an art work. I think…

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By bringing Little Sun to Tate Modern and the London Olympics, I hope to realise an art project for those who typically…

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I think an artist has the potential to investigate both form and content within one activity, to show that there can be…

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I see the artist as a participant, a co-producer of reality. I do not see the artist as a person who sits…

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When museums are left with so little money that their future is in the hands of private donors, then they are unable…

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I am not opposed to the art market. I have lots of friends who are collectors. But the whole idea of the…

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I want to expose and evaluate the fact that the seeing and sensing process is a system that should not be taken for granted…

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For the sake of sanity, the brain and the eyes keep things simple. But take away the sense of sight and suddenly things are…

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I can use the camera to make a place or landscape; the camera to a greater extent projects rather than takes in or reproduces.…

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In the past Berlin was much more radical and extreme and now it's becoming much more of a conventional European city.

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Over the years, in making art, I have constantly explored issues dealing with space, time, light, and society. I am particularly interested in how…

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The viewer brings something individual to the experience of any artwork.

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If I have the choice of traveling to Russia, India or New Zealand alone for a week for preliminary discussions or to spend that…

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I was in Beijing a month ago working on the smoke project in collaboration with an architect there, and I was asked very directly…

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I've walked a lot in the mountains in Iceland. And as you come to a new valley, as you come to a new landscape,…

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It would be wrong to say that the city of Berlin is not regulated. What I think is more interesting is to what extent…

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Your rainbow panorama enters into a dialogue with the existing architecture and reinforces what is assured beforehand, that is to say the view of…

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I see the artist as a participant, a co-producer of reality.

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