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.
Interpretation
Movement reveals the true nature of the landscape we encounter.
In this quote, Olafur Eliasson emphasizes the idea that our perception of the world is altered by our actions and movement. Standing still limits our understanding of our surroundings; only by engaging with our environment can we appreciate its scale and complexity. Movement allows us to discover and connect with the world around us, forming a deeper understanding of our experience in different landscapes.
In practice
In a motivational speech about exploring new opportunities.
The theatre is certainly a place for learning about the brevity of human glory: oh all those wonderful glittering absolutely vanished pantomime! Now I shall abjure magic and become a hermit : put myself in a situation where I can honestly say that I have nothing else to do but to learn to be good.
It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time and will ever continue to struggle. It is the same spirit that says, "You work and toil and earn bread, and I'll eat it."
I'm Gentleman Death in silk and lace, come to put out the candles. The canker in the heart of the rose.
His chains chinked softly. I seldom fling children from towers to improve their health. Yes, I meant for him to die.
Individualism regards man - every man - as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from his nature as a rational being. Individualism holds that a civilized society, or any form of association, cooperation or peaceful co-existence among men, can be achieved only on the basis of the recognition of individual rights - and that a group, as such, has no rights other than the individual rights of its members.
By a conscious effort of the mind we can stand aloof from actions and their consequences; and all things, good and bad, go by us like a torrent.
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