Olafur Eliasson Quotes

New York is full of creative people, not only in fashion.

I think Berlin is always inspiring. I love being in Berlin. It feels like such a cool city, with so much culture and art and independence everywhere.

London is full of creative people - you can never say that it's not.

When I first started coming to New York in the early Nineties and seeing the vitality of the programme compared to what was going on back in London or Paris, it was just in a different league. It's like a 16th-century court.

An artist's sphere of influence is the world.

You will find in the streets of New York every variety of architecture, just as you find in its libraries all the literatures of the world, and in its theatres all the music, and in its houses all the decorative arts.

New York always has a lot of creativity going on.

Bengaluru and art are synonymous to me. People here pursue an art form and make their living out of it - not many cities can boast that. Art in Bengaluru is thriving.

I just believe that in Atlanta, we're creative; we got a lot of styles out here.

I don't think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not. You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it's empty.

It is hard not to be inspired when you're living in New York. It doesn't matter what you do. I think that there is so much going on in this city. I like walking around or taking the subway, thinking about all the history here, looking at the architecture and all the people; of course, the museums. It's tough to find a better place to live.

America needs to hear some good sounds from Africa, man. The sanity of the world is going to be generated from Africa through art.

I grew up watching American films, listening to American music, and it's a big contribution to the rest of the world. I mean, American jazz, for me, is the best thing culturally that America has produced.

Washington D.C. and the entire DMV area are very dope places because they're such musically-inclined areas.

Going to school in San Francisco, you're not going to meet as many people that are making films as you would if you went to film school in New York or L.A.

Atlanta's a great city to cultivate your own thing - from fashion to music to food.

I had never watched a live classical performance before I came to Bengaluru. I feel like this is the New York of India - a melting pot of many cultures.

Amsterdam lives and breathes creativity. One moment you walk into a building from the 17th century, and the next you find yourself in a hub of creative start-up companies.

All too often, when people think about art in the U.K., they think London. There's some really great work being produced outside of the capital city and I think it is important to stop and acknowledge that.

Glasgow with its art and music scene has so much going on, it's attractive to people and there seems to be a good vibe up there.

One of the reasons I stay in New York is because you're always around so many other types of arts, and it's easy to just get lost in it.

Chicago is a wonderful, vibrant city with wonderful food cultures to it, wonderful talent downtown.

I think the artist community is very tight-knit.

I'm from a little town from the south tip of France, to be able to play in Coachella and meet other artists from all over the world and to connect with people that I love from my hometown is something amazing.

I'm still in love with New York. It's like a dream: there's so much to do, so much culture.