It's good for art to make us think, to give us a shared experience that creates a dialogue, makes us talk to each other, including strangers.
Janet EchelmanI recognize that it is through the engagement with my craft - by recognizing an idea and drawing it out, building physical models, collaborating with experts, constructing the sculptures at urban scale, and maintaining them through years of weather and interaction with the public - that a new art for cities has become real.
Janet EchelmanThe most powerful part of the art is experiential, yet it's the hardest to describe because it's nonverbal.
Janet EchelmanYou can't stumble upon something new and wonderful if you don't have time to stumble.
Janet Echelman