“Our culture is just too comfortable in creating these kind of divisions between culture.” Quote by Doug Aitken
“The compartmentalizing is so severe, that we kind of lose track. When you sit down to dinner with friends, you're going to talk about everything, sharing this polyphony of experiences, this spectrum of culture, and it's all cross-pollinating all the time.” KindCultureTrack Author:Doug Aitken
“Divisions between culture is not this precious thing, it's just this dirty beehive with things moving around, creating accidents, and violence, and harmony. It's this kind of beautiful mess, this matter.” KindBeautifulMovingCultureViolenceHarmonyMessDirty Author:Doug Aitken
“It might be David Adjaye talking about how the structure of jazz music informs his architecture, it might be the musician Terry Riley talking about how he thinks so much about cinema. I'd love to see more of a rupture between mediums and a flow between them.” ThinkingMusicianJazzArchitectureJazz Music Author:Doug Aitken
“I do lots - I've always felt that the idea when you're on your deathbed is, you know, to do lots of different - to say that you've done lots of different interesting things not, you know, how expensive a lining you can get for your coffin, you know.” DifferentDoneInteresting Author:Matt Frewer
“I'm not a journalist; I'm probably a horrible interviewer. The one small thing I have is I'm curious, and I'm interested in who I'm with.” HorribleCuriousJournalistSmall Things Author:Doug Aitken
“I try to just put a blank stage in front of them, and say, "This is your space; you tell me where you're coming from and where you're going." At a certain point, it was interesting as the project started to become what it is now, The Source, which has a physical installation and also an online presence. As we started building the installation, I started thinking, "It's really strange that we're building this installation, this piece of architecture you can go into." It's almost strange because I suppose it's an artwork, but it's an artwork that's really constructed out of ideas.” ThinkingTryingInterestingBuildingStrangeArchitectureOnline Author:Doug Aitken
“What The Source becomes, in a physical sense, is almost like this particle accelerator. There's all these different, discrete voices and ideas. If you just saw two of them together perhaps it might seem completely diverse and like, "Why do you have these two people together?" But as it grows and as it speeds up, it kind of creates a larger dialogue.” PeopleKindDifferentTogetherSpeedDialogueDiverse Author:Doug Aitken
“You know, ever since I was a kid I've always been fascinated by the Arthurian Legend and, you know, the notion of nobility in battle and the - the notion of chivalry. And, you know, that's a - whether to not that's a dying theme in today's world. And then the offer of the White Knight came along and the writing was just beautiful and it was something that I just leapt at. I mean, it was great fun to do.” WorldWritingMeanKidsBeautifulFunDyingBattleNobilityChivalryArthurian Legend Author:Matt Frewer
“Every work experience is a positive work experience, and if you're looking at it any other way I can't help you.” Helping Author:Dustin Milligan
“I've come to realize that most of my intellectual postures and a lot of my intellectualism is super defensive and really symptomatic of basic fears. My one thing with the record is that I wanted to make something alien that wasn't alienating. And I think that the last thing I want is to dedicate my life to something which renders me further and further from being at home in my life - progressively more alienated and separate from myself.” ThinkingHomeRealizingIntellectualAliensIntellectualism Author:How to Dress Well