Impossible Quotes by Pipilotti Rist

I'm always in awe of and respect humans for their ability to plan, but sometimes, good intentions are lost along the way. And often…

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The smaller the group, the more trial and error and experimenting you can do. I do a lot of garbage.

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It will probably take several more generations before the female body can be considered a stand-in for the human body.

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For me, it's not important whether [subjects] are naked, half-naked, or dressed. What I'm more interested in is how they present themselves: if someone…

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Whenever we remember a series of events, we remember them different. We are constantly changing. It's a flaw, but on the other hand, when…

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Choosing a name is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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When I close my eyes, my imagination roams free. In the same way I want to create spaces for video art that rethink the…

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I did not go to art school thinking that I was an artist; I went there mainly doing stage sets for bands. I considered…

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It's impossible for artists to accept compliments.

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I always try to create equal power between the subject and the object, so as not to end up creating a relationship where the…

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First I did animation films, when I was young, in time-lapse. And then in the '80s I went directly to video. The main reason…

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That is an annoying side of democracy. The pendulum falls often in the extreme, and then we have to bring it back. It's never…

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