It's good for art to make us think, to give us a shared experience that creates a dialogue, makes us talk to each other, including strangers. — Janet Echelman Copy Share Image
In my regular life, I am very involved in commissions for cities and sometimes countries. And I think of public art as a team sport. The outcome is only possible with the interaction of all the players. — 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
