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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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" 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. "

Hans-Ulrich Obrist

City

Carry

Knowledge

" 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. "

Hans-Ulrich Obrist

Started

Switzerland

" At a certain moment, when I started doing my own shows, I felt it would be really interesting to know what is the history of my profession. I realized that there was no book, which was kind of a shock. "

" Making art is not the matter of a moment, and nor is making an exhibition; curating follows art. "

" 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. "

Hans-Ulrich Obrist

Situation

Landscape

" Exhibitions are kind of ephemeral moments, sometimes magic moments, and when they're gone, they're gone. "

" I spent 250 to 300 days of every year on the road. But in the end, I felt something was missing. I needed to be anchored so I could concentrate, so in 2000, I established a new methodology - the one I use today. I spent the week in my office and travelled every weekend, even at Christmas. "

" Alex Poots has always made a bridge between highly experimental and the mainstream. "

" My job is art curator, not artist. All I have ever wanted to do is immerse myself in art, to enjoy it, to learn about it, to write about it, to talk to others about it. "

" During my time at high school and university in Kreuzlingen and St. Gallen, I traveled around Europe looking at art, visiting artists, studios, galleries and museums. "

" When I was 17, I met many artists, and it started to become this conversation with artists out of which all of my exhibitions grew. "

" I'm very interested in the idea of unusual museums, ones that are not necessarily contemporary art museums - more like historical collections or house museums. "

Hans-Ulrich Obrist

Unusual

House

" The 21st-century curator works in a supremely globalised reality. "

" I really do think artists are the most important people on the planet, and if what I do is a utility and helps them, then that makes me happy. I want to be helpful. "

" Exhibitions usually are not collected; they disperse after they take place. "

" Most cities have a centre surrounded by suburbs, but London has numerous centres: it's the model of a twenty-first century metropolis. "

" 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. "

" Many artists have not been able to realise their fondest projects. My role is to help them. "

" At a certain time, an artist needs a big retrospective. At other times, they need a more focused exhibition. It's a different story each time; it's about establishing a dialogue. "

" For me, the idea of curating can be expanded. Curating science, curating art, music and theater and performance and not only bring those things into art but bring art into those areas. "

" My most famous show is the 'Kitchen Show.' More famous than any gallery show or museum show I curated. "

" At Performa in New York, there are a lot of commissions, but Manchester Festival is the only festival where everything is fully produced by the festival. "

" I read whenever possible, and I buy books all the time, sometimes online, but mostly from bookshops. I love literature. If you want to understand art, it's important to understand what is also happening in literature, in music, in science, in architecture. "

" From 1991 to 2000, I was totally nomadic. I was travelling 300 days a year and building out my research. These were a bit like my learning and migrating years, so to say. "

" To record is a process against forgetting. I do interviews because it's what I've been doing every day for a few hours since I was a kid. I've always talked to artists. "

" 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. "

Hans-Ulrich Obrist

Economy

Growth

" I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art. "

" To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art. "

Hans-Ulrich Obrist

Power

Think

" To keep art stimulating, it's important to open it up to new horizons, which includes showing it in unexpected contexts. "

" Switzerland felt incredibly narrow, growing up. It was good, in a way. There were so many museums. But it was always a no-brainer that I would have to leave, and I'm grateful for that. "