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9 quotes by Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson (Icelandic: Ólafur Elíasson; born 1967) is a Danish-Icelandic artist known for sculptures and large-scale installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer’s experience. In 1995 he established Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, a laboratory for spatial research. Eliasson represented Denmark at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003 and later that year installed The Weather...
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I've 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... →

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I don't know a single collector or museum director who says: 'Oh, he's on a list, so I think I'll buy something of his.' The... →

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Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.

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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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I was in Beijing a month ago working on the smoke project in collaboration with an architect there, and I was asked very directly whether it was safe... →

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It would be wrong to say that the city of Berlin is not regulated. What I think is more interesting is to what extent a city creates a sort of safe... →

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I myself have already spent a third of my life in Germany, first in Cologne and then, since 1994, in Berlin.

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In the past Berlin was much more radical and extreme and now it's becoming much more of a conventional European city.

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It's hardly even noticeable that so many artists, designers and architects live here. It isn't reflected in the cityscape or in the museums.... →

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