Urs Fischer

Visual Arts Switzerland 1973 101 quotes

Playful sculptor melting and transforming materials ephemerally.

Quotes by Urs Fischer

I don't have a fixed style. I like to experiment.

Interview with Artnet News 2020

I like to make art that is alive.

Interview with Flash Art 2010

My work is about the tension between control and chaos.

Interview with Artinfo 2012

I'm interested in the unexpected.

Interview with The Guardian 2013

I don't want to make art that is easily categorized.

Interview with W Magazine 2014

Art is a journey, not a destination.

Interview with The New York Times 2015

I like to create a sense of playfulness.

Interview with Wallpaper* 2016

My work is about the cycle of life and death.

Interview with Cultured Magazine 2017

I'm interested in the raw and the unpolished.

Interview with Architectural Digest 2018

Art should be an experience that stays with you.

Interview with Vogue 2019

I don't have all the answers. I just have a lot of questions.

Interview with Artnet News 2020

I don't have a style. I have interests.

Interview 2012

Art is a way to process the world around us.

Catalog Essay 2009

The point is to make something that doesn't have a point.

Speech 2013

Everything is temporary, including my work.

Interview 2010

I like things that are absurd and beautiful at the same time.

Exhibition Statement 2008

Art should surprise you, not explain itself.

Interview 2015

Life is like clay; you shape it until it shapes you back.

Personal Note 2011

Humor is the best way to deal with the ridiculousness of existence.

Speech 2014

In my installations, nothing is permanent, just like memories.

Catalog 2007