Olafur Eliasson Quotes

I can use the camera to make a place or landscape; the camera to a greater extent projects rather than takes in or reproduces. The camera, or, rather, the eye, produces the impression of the place: I as a photographer am not passively taking in; I am active as a subject generating the object.

Olafur Eliasson

Quotes to Explore

The reality is we talk a lot about it, but we really don't give everyone an opportunity to buy into it, and this combines both the best of Republican and Democratic ideals.

Harold Ford, Jr.
- Reality
- Opportunity
- Best
People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.

Dale Turner
Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.

Octavio Paz
- Art
- Game
- Turn
My mother certainly never altered the topics of her conversation based on children being present.

Gaby Hoffmann
- Children
- Mother
- Present
I don't think about whether it's gonna be a dance record or a ballad or anything when I'm making music. I sit in the studio and I think, 'How am I feeling today?' and I write how I feel. It's really, really simple.

Sam Smith
- Music
- Today
- Feeling
People don't remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park.

Yoko Ono
- People
- Remember
- Tree