Becoming Quote by Olafur Eliasson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The viewer brings something individual to the experience of any artwork.

— Olafur Eliasson

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

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

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

It would be wrong to say that the city of Berlin is not regulated. What I think is more interesting is to what extent…

— Olafur Eliasson