52 Quotes by Hans-Ulrich Obrist

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

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.

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

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.

Everything I do is somehow connected to velocity.

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.

I remember going to a monastery library when I was very young and being surrounded by ancient books. I fell in love.

In this new age of GPS, Google Earth and multidimensional digital maps, mapping is suddenly hugely relevant again.

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.