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" I have many intense friendships with artists. I don't mean we have intense one-day conversations but ongoing conversations that last in some cases for years. "
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
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" The 21st-century curator works in a supremely globalised reality. "
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" I would go from one city to the next, inspired by the monks in the Middle Ages, who would carry knowledge from one monastery to the next monastery. "
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" Making art is not the matter of a moment, and nor is making an exhibition; curating follows art. "
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" I think the art fair is very much a form of urbanism. I think something really happens to the cities when such a fair happens. The city becomes an exhibition; it's amazing. "
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" The non-utility of my kitchen could be transformed into its utility for art. To do a show there would mix art and life, naturally. "
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" I started going to exhibitions in Switzerland when I was 10 or 11. As a schoolboy, I would go every afternoon to see the long, thin figures of Giacometti. "
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" Mr. Koons's work has always inspired architects, which I think is very interesting. I think he is an artist who has reinvented himself so many times and reinvented so many different series. "
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" Many artists have not been able to realise their fondest projects. My role is to help them. "
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" Our economy's growth functions by inciting us to produce more and more with each passing year. In turn, we require cultural forms to enable us to sort through the glut, and our rituals are once again directed towards the immaterial, towards quality and not quantity. "
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" I remember going to a monastery library when I was very young and being surrounded by ancient books. I fell in love. "
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" Since 2000, I've been based in Paris at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville, curating the programme there. Internationally, it's a very open situation that goes beyond national boundaries; directors and curators move from one country to another, which has opened up the museum landscape. "
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