11+ Pierre Huyghe Quotes On Education, Art And World

You can go to a psychoanalyst one day and then go the next day and something else will come out. So, yes, there was some preparation. But still, when a person gets hypnotized, you don't really know what the outcome will be. — Pierre Huyghe

You don't just find an empty museum and say, "I should do something here." I was looking for another kind of venue or exhibition format. I was trying to find a site where something could happen over a long period of time - something that could slowly transform itself and the place as it went. And I was also trying to stand out of the art-world system. Strangely enough, I stumbled on vacant museum. — Pierre Huyghe

I don't want to exhibit something to someone anymore. I want to do the reverse: I want to exhibit someone to something. — Pierre Huyghe

I put an octopus in aquarium, and it would eat the others. But if you put an octopus in with a school of tiny fish, he might not be able to catch them. That's an archetypal structure: a powerful individual versus the multitude, the crowd. You can relate to that. — Pierre Huyghe

People who are under certain stress have aquariums. Aquariums are classically either a reproduction of nature or a decorative element, like the ones you can see in big hotels. — Pierre Huyghe

With the garden I planted for the Reina Sofia, each plant related to different celebrations along the calendar - Christmas with evergreen trees, Valentine's Day with roses, Halloween with pumpkins. All these symbols are so culturally loaded, but they are organic living entities - just like the fish in the tanks. They grow on their own. The symbolic ecosystem is growing without a narrative anymore. It's a physical and mental landscape. — Pierre Huyghe

I'm more interested in the diversity of people in New York. I like to be lost. I like to feel like a foreigner. I like not to know everything. I'm trying not to burn the whole city. I try to consume it in slow motion. — Pierre Huyghe

Fear comes from the unknown. Once you know, then, whatever. — Pierre Huyghe

When I know who is speaking, I see that there is a commitment. I need to know there is some commitment. I need to find an author. "I" can also be polyphonic, fictional, inhabited by a multitude of characters, be right or wrong or at fault or corrupted. But that's more "the self" than "me, me, me." It's problematic. There are times to say "we." — Pierre Huyghe

I'm not sure that is correct but I love that interpretation - that we artists never go out of self-portrait. — Pierre Huyghe

New York is like traveling without actually moving. — Pierre Huyghe

Life Lessons by Pierre Huyghe

  1. Pierre Huyghe's work emphasizes the importance of collaboration, experimentation, and embracing the unknown.
  2. His work encourages viewers to think beyond the traditional boundaries of art and to explore the interconnectedness of all things.
  3. By questioning the boundaries between art and life, Huyghe encourages us to be open to new possibilities and to think critically about the world around us.
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