Rirkrit Tiravanija famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

One gets wrapped up in reacting to ones own reputation, which can be a kind of trap.
-- Rirkrit Tiravanija

#Reputation #Kind #Traps
I am a socialist, so I am not worried about socialism. I am worried about dictators who are putting everyone into a socialist state for their own benefit.
-- Rirkrit Tiravanija

#Benefits #Dictator #Socialism
When I visit new places, I like to see the markets.
-- Rirkrit Tiravanija
If we have too much clarity, we might not be compelled to continue searching for new ideas.
-- Rirkrit Tiravanija

#Ideas #Might #Too Much
My starting point was the search for my identity in foreign places, in places where I am estranged from myself.
-- Rirkrit Tiravanija

#Identity #Starting #Foreign Places
One of the first issues I dealt with was the struggle to find a language, to find my own words.
-- Rirkrit Tiravanija

#Struggle #Issues #Firsts
For me, staying in place might mean staying with my own thoughts, even if the body keeps traveling. I might be experiencing new things, but I'm also here, with myself.
-- Rirkrit Tiravanija

#Mean #Body #Might
For me, when I have the opportunity to exhibit abroad, I feel that the public understands some points I have raised and are open-minded and make an effort to understand my work, but there are still certain things that remain inaccessible.
-- Rirkrit Tiravanija

#Opportunity #Effort #Open Minded
I never give too much thought to the idea of universality.
-- Rirkrit Tiravanija

#Ideas #Giving #Too Much

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so.
It is emphatically the case that life could not arise spontaneously in a primeval soup from its kind.
The very best kind of Saddam Hussein is the very dead kind.
She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.
It's better to have your blackness taken away than to stand there and lie about who you actually are. That's the trap.
the world is the cradle and your trap.
Don't trap yourself with the desire of wanting to be liked.
Worry about being respected, never worry about being liked because that's the trap.
But difficult situations and wrong choices conspire to trap us in hopelessness.

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