"My starting point was the search for my identity in foreign places, in places where I am estranged from myself."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Rirkrit Tiravanija

#Identity Quotes #Starting Quotes #Foreign Places Quotes

“You are not just, "This is the way I play it every night." You are constantly finding new ways in, new attacks, "I want to try it this way. Maybe this scene is affecting that scene. I want to attack this scene differently."”
“Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ball a lot, Stanley Matthews. Our family thought if you could be unselfish your teammates would always like you.”
“What I picked up on Michael Jackson - because I study people when I watch them - the way that he counts his rhythm with his feet and his neck at the same time is crazy... so he's hearing multiple things at once. And I don't know anybody who does that.”
“Above all, donâ€™t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them”
“I have finally learned that I must remain silent as much as possible. I must always keep my thoughts to myself.”
“We do not know how much of the environmental change is due to human activities and how much [is due] to long-term natural processes over which we have no control.”
“I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I didn't know why I would struggle to be that kind of person.”

Source : "Ethan Hawke on '20/20'". ABC NEWS Interview, abcnews.go.com. March 5, 2004.
“Climate change isn't out biggest problem. It's Islamic terrorism.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org

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