Urs Fischer quotes

Life is one long decay, no? There's a lot of beauty in it. Like the patina in an old city. (Urs Fischer)
I think when tattoos are new and colorful, they look bad. But they look better the older and more bleached out they become. View quote
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Take a relief. You draw it, you carve it out. Later you build it up from a flat surface. There is no other way to do a sculpture - you either add or you subtract. View quote
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I love seeing tattoos on 60-year-olds who have had them for 40 years. View quote
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You basically only discover a new thing once. View quote
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What is the art world? I never really understood. I started doing this stuff to do what I want to do. Not to be this or that. View quote
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Many artists who don't go off to art school come to New York. It's about what you learn when you're here. View quote
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I always have a lot of things going on because some things take years to make and others take five minutes. I like that there's always something going on. Working doesn't have such a momentous feel - like it's all or nothing. View quote
Urs Fischer

Urs Fischer

Occupation: Swiss Artist
Quotes count: 8