My overall approach toward art is to remain as open as possible in front of the world, to always be curious, not to be afraid to experiment, and have…

- Daniel Buren

Contrary to Warhol's 15 minutes of fame, I think that today in front of insatiable curiosity of the crowd, we would be better off to remain secret as…

- Daniel Buren

My views have changed as much as the world, and more precisely, the world of art. You have to remember that all my criticisms of the institution were…

- Daniel Buren

Today it's not strange to see an artist 30 years old having her first retrospective! Different time, different speed. After having been the key point…

- Daniel Buren

I want to create work that extends beyond myself because I always thought it was a way to change the general rules about art, and also to give an imp…

- Daniel Buren

During the last 35 years, the artists multiplied, the public grew enormously, the economy exploded, and so-called contemporary art became fashionable…

- Daniel Buren

At least 90 percent of my work is in situ. For me, it's not only to work with the architecture and space, it's also to work with the time, to work wi…

- Daniel Buren

I knew that what I did visually could not be completely understood. I knew that certain aspects of the work need a long time to develop. You get the …

- Daniel Buren

If I do something for a public space, it's not something that I have in my head and go, "Oh that's a good location. I should put it here." That for m…

- Daniel Buren