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Ive walked a lot in the mountains in Iceland. And as you come to a new valley, as you come to a new landscape, you have a certain view. If you stand still, the landscape doesnt necessarily tell you how big it is. It doesnt really tell you what youre looking at. The moment you start to move the mountain starts to move.

Olafur Eliasson's Popular Quotes

I do not think making art alone makes it any better than making it with a team of people.

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I always try to make work that activates the viewer to be a co-producer of our shared reality.

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My goal is to formulate a new color theory based on the full spectrum of visible light.

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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…

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Having an experience is taking part in the world. Taking part in the world is really about sharing responsibility.

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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.

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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, …

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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.

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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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