Olafur Eliasson Quotes
Over the years, in making art, I have constantly explored issues dealing with space, time, light, and society. I am particularly interested in how the light of a space determines how we see that space and similarly, in how light and color are actually phenomena within us, within our own eyes.
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We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.
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You can go down the list of great artists and kind of understand that they are products of their environment. Whether it's U2 or Henry Rollins or myself or Johnny Lydon, they're gonna be products of their environment.
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Certainly, if we had not invaded Iraq on intelligence that was clearly manipulated and cherry picked, we would be in a different position today.
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My sense of politics and justice was deeply shaped in adolescence by my involvement with the underground punk - rock scene, and though lots of social and political issues had come forth in my comics, it wasn't until my late 20s that I felt properly equipped to address certain issues of race, power, and violence in my work.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
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You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run.
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I've always been extremely physically active.
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There aren't many athletes who follow their hearts. They choose to go somewhere to win more and earn more money. They're like gypsies.
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I worked with young directors all my life, only young directors.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude of the crime the best excuse for doing nothing.
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Accuse a person of breaking all Ten Commandments, and you've written the promo blurb for the dust cover of his tell-all memoir.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I'm going to say my favorite thing is to eat salads, and I'll be like the altar boy.
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If the Wright brothers hadn't put their lives on the line, we would not be flying around the world these days. So we need pioneers.
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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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You get stared at the whole time. I first noticed that when I was about 13. I was very shy. Being considered beautiful, I always felt that people were waiting for something more. I imagined you were supposed to have an intellectual ability - and I'm making no claims here - proportional to your supposed good looks.
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A really well-made buttonhole is the only link between Art and Nature.
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We can't begin to feed ourselves with a local-centric system if we lock up land in royal manor models.
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As long as I still feel a passion for the sport and preparing for these big competitions, I will carry on fighting.
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Over the years, in making art, I have constantly explored issues dealing with space, time, light, and society. I am particularly interested in how the light of a space determines how we see that space and similarly, in how light and color are actually phenomena within us, within our own eyes.
