I think an artist has the potential to investigate both form and content within one activity, to show that there can be coherence between form and values in our society, as in thinking about a city and building one.
I do not think making art alone makes it any better than making it with a team of people. - Olafur Eliasson
I do not think making art alone makes it any better than making it with a team of people.
- Olafur Eliasson
I always try to make work that activates the viewer to be a co-producer of our shared reality. - Olafur Eliasson
I always try to make work that activates the viewer to be a co-producer of our shared reality.
My goal is to formulate a new color theory based on the full spectrum of visible light. - Olafur Eliasson
My goal is to formulate a new color theory based on the full spectrum of visible light.
I want to expose and evaluate the fact that the seeing and sensing process is a system that should not be taken for granted as natural - it's a culti… - 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 as natural - it's a culti…
Having an experience is taking part in the world. Taking part in the world is really about sharing responsibility. - Olafur Eliasson
Having an experience is taking part in the world. Taking part in the world is really about sharing responsibility.
I see the artist as a participant, a co-producer of reality. I do not see the artist as a person who sits at a distance and evaluates. - Olafur Eliasson
I see the artist as a participant, a co-producer of reality. I do not see the artist as a person who sits at a distance and evaluates.
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 with my family, … - 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 week with my family, …
For the sake of sanity, the brain and the eyes keep things simple. But take away the sense of sight and suddenly things are not so simple. - 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 not so simple.
I don't think you need to be so result-oriented when you're trying to define the success of an art work. I think we can allow some unpredictability. - Olafur Eliasson
I don't think you need to be so result-oriented when you're trying to define the success of an art work. I think we can allow some unpredictability.
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