“When I was a kid and started to be obsessed by art in the 1980s, the a...” — Hans-Ulrich Obrist Quote

“When I was a kid and started to be obsessed by art in the 1980s, the art world was in this polarity Warhol/Beuys, Beuys/Warhol. Both expended the notion of art extremely, but in very different ways.”

“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.”

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

“I wanted to bring art world ideas into a documentary space. Every medium has its limitations, but if you would like to - as I say - carry someone's consciousness, you can't use the still image. The sequential 24 frames per second are far more transportive.”

“Many young artists, they look at the art world and think they can make a lot of money.”

“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.”