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. – Urs Fischer
Life is one long decay, no? There’s a lot of beauty in it. Like the patina in an old city. – Urs Fischer
Many artists who don’t go off to art school come to New York. It’s about what you learn when you’re here. – Urs Fischer
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. – Urs Fischer
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. – 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. – Urs Fischer
