In many rural areas of the world, local communities use kerosene for indoor lighting, which leads to asthma, poor quality of light, and the desperate cycle of oil-based products that continually degrade the environment. — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
There are 1.3 billion people today who have no access to electricity. Many of them rely on kerosene lanterns for light, but kerosene is both expensive and hazardous to the health. — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
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… — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
I want to expose and evaluate the fact that the seeing and sensing process is a system that should not be taken for granted… — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
I am not opposed to the art market. I have lots of friends who are collectors. But the whole idea of the art market… — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
Ive walked a lot in the mountains in Iceland. And as you come to a new valley, as you come to a new landscape,… — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
For the sake of sanity, the brain and the eyes keep things simple. But take away the sense of sight and suddenly things are… — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
I can use the camera to make a place or landscape; the camera to a greater extent projects rather than takes in or reproduces.… — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
In the past Berlin was much more radical and extreme and now it's becoming much more of a conventional European city. — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
Over the years, in making art, I have constantly explored issues dealing with space, time, light, and society. I am particularly interested in how… — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
The viewer brings something individual to the experience of any artwork. — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
If I have the choice of traveling to Russia, India or New Zealand alone for a week for preliminary discussions or to spend that… — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
I was in Beijing a month ago working on the smoke project in collaboration with an architect there, and I was asked very directly… — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
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,… — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
