"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 people who buy my art put a little more thought into it than that."

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Olafur Eliasson

#Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Museums Quotes

“Your day is your week is your month is your year.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 09, 2015
“I'm not saying this just to be self-deprecating, but I have always taken delight in playing people who are oblivious, because I do think I have giant, giant blind spots. It's a very comfortable place to be.”

Source : Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. November 18, 2009.
“If one benefits tangibly from the exploitation of others who are weak, is one morally implicated in their predicament? Or are basic rights of human existence confined to the civilized societies that are wealthy enough to afford them? Our values are defined by what we will tolerate when it is done to others.”
“If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously.”
“Protestant women may take the pill. Roman Catholic women must keep taking The Tablet.”

Source : In 'Guardian' 28 December 1990, p. 27
“If you're thinking bout me, text 143 that means I Love You”
“It is our art that has an opportunity to leave a footprint in the sand. They don't wrap fish in our work.”
“Yes, I had to learn how to live life outside, but I had so many people help me.”

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