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> [Artists are valuable to public discussion: They show the correlation between doing and thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olafur-eliasson/artists-are-valuable-to-public-discussion-they-show-the-correlation/)

[Olafur Eliasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olafur-eliasson/)

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## More by Olafur Eliasson

> [It's hardly even noticeable that so many artists, designers and architects live here. It isn't reflected in the cityscape or in the museums. Many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olafur-eliasson/it-s-hardly-even-noticeable-that-so-many-artists-designers-and/)

[Olafur Eliasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olafur-eliasson/)

> [I want to expose and evaluate the fact that the seeing and sensing process is a system that should not be taken for granted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olafur-eliasson/i-want-to-expose-and-evaluate-the-fact-that-the-seeing-and-sensing/)

[Olafur Eliasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olafur-eliasson/)

> [I am not opposed to the art market. I have lots of friends who are collectors. But the whole idea of the art market…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olafur-eliasson/i-am-not-opposed-to-the-art-market-i-have-lots-of-friends-who-are/)

[Olafur Eliasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olafur-eliasson/)

> [Ive walked a lot in the mountains in Iceland. And as you come to a new valley, as you come to a new landscape,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olafur-eliasson/ive-walked-a-lot-in-the-mountains-in-iceland-and-as-you-come-to-a-new/)

[Olafur Eliasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olafur-eliasson/)

> [For the sake of sanity, the brain and the eyes keep things simple. But take away the sense of sight and suddenly things are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olafur-eliasson/for-the-sake-of-sanity-the-brain-and-the-eyes-keep-things-simple-but/)

[Olafur Eliasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olafur-eliasson/)

> [I can use the camera to make a place or landscape; the camera to a greater extent projects rather than takes in or reproduces.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olafur-eliasson/i-can-use-the-camera-to-make-a-place-or-landscape-the-camera-to-a/)

[Olafur Eliasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olafur-eliasson/)

> [In the past Berlin was much more radical and extreme and now it's becoming much more of a conventional European city.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olafur-eliasson/in-the-past-berlin-was-much-more-radical-and-extreme-and-now-it-s/)

[Olafur Eliasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olafur-eliasson/)

> [Over the years, in making art, I have constantly explored issues dealing with space, time, light, and society. I am particularly interested in how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olafur-eliasson/over-the-years-in-making-art-i-have-constantly-explored-issues/)

[Olafur Eliasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olafur-eliasson/)

> [The viewer brings something individual to the experience of any artwork.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olafur-eliasson/the-viewer-brings-something-individual-to-the-experience-of-any/)

[Olafur Eliasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olafur-eliasson/)

> [If I have the choice of traveling to Russia, India or New Zealand alone for a week for preliminary discussions or to spend that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olafur-eliasson/if-i-have-the-choice-of-traveling-to-russia-india-or-new-zealand/)

[Olafur Eliasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olafur-eliasson/)

> [I was in Beijing a month ago working on the smoke project in collaboration with an architect there, and I was asked very directly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olafur-eliasson/i-was-in-beijing-a-month-ago-working-on-the-smoke-project-in/)

[Olafur Eliasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olafur-eliasson/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olafur-eliasson/i-ve-walked-a-lot-in-the-mountains-in-iceland-and-as-you-come-to-a/)

[Olafur Eliasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olafur-eliasson/)

> [It would be wrong to say that the city of Berlin is not regulated. What I think is more interesting is to what extent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olafur-eliasson/it-would-be-wrong-to-say-that-the-city-of-berlin-is-not-regulated/)

[Olafur Eliasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olafur-eliasson/)

> [Your rainbow panorama enters into a dialogue with the existing architecture and reinforces what is assured beforehand, that is to say the view of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olafur-eliasson/your-rainbow-panorama-enters-into-a-dialogue-with-the-existing/)

[Olafur Eliasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olafur-eliasson/)

> [I see the artist as a participant, a co-producer of reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olafur-eliasson/i-see-the-artist-as-a-participant-a-co-producer-of-reality/)

[Olafur Eliasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olafur-eliasson/)

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