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Inspirational Conversations

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Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei“The power designs itself to crush you”

Allen Jones“There’s nothing you can do”

Christoph Niemann

Christoph Niemann“I don’t need a big idea”

Coco Capitán

Coco Capitán“We have gone to the other extreme”

Douglas Gordon

Douglas Gordon“You pull yourself up and you push it out”

Erwin Wurm

Erwin Wurm“It only exists at this one time”

Francesco Clemente

Francesco Clemente“Making art is to time-travel”

Gaetano Pesce“The future is a beautiful time”

Georg Baselitz

Georg Baselitz“The good things will never cause anyone to look”

JR“No one can own it”

Katharina Grosse

Katharina Grosse“I don’t see limits”

Lawrence Weiner

Lawrence Weiner“There’s no secret in words”

Liza Lou

Liza Lou“Survival is at the core of it”

Milton Glaser

Milton Glaser“We’re all in it together”

Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson“Things go wrong and we celebrate it”

Pat Steir

Pat Steir“I avoid struggle”

Petra Collins

Petra Collins“I know what it’s like to be there”

Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread“I can let anything happen”

Rashid Johnson

Rashid Johnson“I can do this?”

Rita Ackermann

Rita Ackermann“Nothingness is such a vast concept”

Roni Horn“There’s nothing until there’s something”

Ryan Gander

Ryan Gander“It wants your attention”

Sean Scully

Sean Scully“The poet was always in me”

Shirin Neshat

Shirin Neshat“You can’t demystify a myth”

Stefan Sagmeister

Stefan Sagmeister“Function alone is not doing it”

Tara Donovan

Tara Donovan“I don’t map it at all”

Thomas Joshua Cooper

Thomas Joshua Cooper“Preparation is all you can do”

Tom Sachs

Tom Sachs“Consumerism was a ritual”

Trevor Paglen

Trevor Paglen“Your job is to learn how to see”

Vanessa Beecroft

Vanessa Beecroft“I’m repulsed by pop culture”

Yngve Holen

Yngve Holen“You can get what you want out of it”