I pay two full-time assistants in my studio, plus consultants who are architects, engineers, and landscape architects, as well as lighting designers. — Janet Echelman Copy Share Image
Once I began to hear and pay attention to my fledgling ideas, the biggest hurdle was to learn how to respect them. That was hard, because the real way to respect an idea is to invest the attention and work… — Janet Echelman Copy Share Image
My whole career I've been interested by the distinction between an emotional and an intellectual response to an artwork. — Janet Echelman Copy Share Image
As a child, I always enjoyed building forts by stringing up bed sheets and clothes. I continue to be inspired by makeshift structures, including… — Janet Echelman Copy Share Image
My sculpture thrives in the context of the city, interacting with people in the course of their daily lives. — Janet Echelman Copy Share Image
My monumental netted sculptural environments move through time, animated by an ever-changing 'wind choreography,' making invisible air currents suddenly visible to the human eye.… — Janet Echelman Copy Share Image
In Amsterdam, the river and canals have been central to city life for the last four centuries, — Janet Echelman Copy Share Image
I recognize that it is through the engagement with my craft - by recognizing an idea and drawing it out, building physical models, collaborating… — Janet Echelman Copy Share Image
The spaces I want to be in are nurturing and soft and saturated with color. Our cities don't have enough of that, and as… — Janet Echelman Copy Share Image
I believe people can have a profound experience by being surrounded by something beautiful - that's what I aim for. My sculpture is about… — Janet Echelman Copy Share Image
In Portugal, my sculpture 'She Changes' refers to the town's fishing history, to the era of seafaring trade and discovery. The contemporary site is… — Janet Echelman Copy Share Image
You can't stumble upon something new and wonderful if you don't have time to stumble. — Janet Echelman Copy Share Image
When developing an idea, I remind myself not to start with compromise. I envision the ideal manifestation of the idea, as if I had… — Janet Echelman Copy Share Image
