Olafur Eliasson Quotes

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• I was interested in how we engage the world. How do we use our skin as our eyes? If you read a cityscape or a…
• Ive walked a lot in the mountains in Iceland. And as you come to a new valley, as you come to a new landscape, you…
• Your rainbow panorama enters into a dialogue with the existing architecture and reinforces what is assured beforehand, that is to say the view of the…
• By bringing Little Sun to Tate Modern and the London Olympics, I hope to realise an art project for those who typically have no access…
• Having an experience is taking part in the world. Taking part in the world is really about sharing responsibility.
• My goal is to formulate a new color theory based on the full spectrum of visible light.
• Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.
• I don't know a single collector or museum director who says: 'Oh, he's on a list, so I think I'll buy something of his.' The…
• I myself have already spent a third of my life in Germany, first in Cologne and then, since 1994, in Berlin.
• If I have the choice of traveling to Russia, India or New Zealand alone for a week for preliminary discussions or to spend that week…
• In the past Berlin was much more radical and extreme and now it's becoming much more of a conventional European city.
• It would be wrong to say that the city of Berlin is not regulated. What I think is more interesting is to what extent a…

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