Hans-Ulrich Obrist Quotes
I see a curator as a catalyst, generator and motivator - a sparring partner, accompanying the artist while they build a show, and a bridge builder, creating a bridge to the public.
Quotes to Explore
-
I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.
-
I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little.
-
The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings is done by an individual artist.
-
The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.
-
I do think you get lonelier and lonelier being an artist as you get older.
-
As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material.
-
No genuinely avant-garde artist should ever be on the government dole.
-
An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something that will eclipse everything else.
-
100% of Net-a-porter customers have a man in their lives in some capacity, and 59% are married or living with a partner.
-
Intermarriage is not a calamity but an opportunity for both a Jewish and non-Jewish partner to learn.
-
The mere drawing and painting world of the pattern designer and the applied artist must become a world that builds again.
-
Our first manager really pushed that we not sell our publishing rights, which is one of the earliest things an artist will do: They'll sell in order to get a cash advance.
-
In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps.
-
Even though many couples are choosing to marry later in life, our laws haven't been updated to address dating partner abuse.
-
Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he could punch and throw good combinations.
-
A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.
-
My synesthesia is mostly gone - it was a much bigger factor when I was a kid. But having no depth perception is a bonus when you're trying to lay out flat images and describe them to an artist - flat is all I see.
-
Mix CDs are interesting. I'm known more for my artist albums and less for my mix CDs.
-
I went to college in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University... studied acting there. Then I went to New York for about five years. I moved out here about 10 years ago.
-
It's better to have a pocket full of regrets than to never have lived.
-
'Black Messiah' is a hell of a name for an album. It can easily be misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah.
-
I started to read labels around age 18 or 19. I don't buy things that don't sound like food, and I've been that way all my life. I do go through phases, during which I eat meat for maybe three months then don't. I do eat lots of vegetables. It's the same with dairy - I'll eat it then stop.
-
The industrial peak of a people when its main concern is not yet gain, but rather to gain.
-
I see a curator as a catalyst, generator and motivator - a sparring partner, accompanying the artist while they build a show, and a bridge builder, creating a bridge to the public.
