The best trick I learned was when a priest came to me when I was an altar boy and said, "Always, when you make a mistake, pretend it's ritual." It's beautiful!
Ragnar KjartanssonI think my favorite Rolling Stones song is "No Expectations." I always think and talk through songs.
Ragnar KjartanssonWhat draws me to theater and religion are these rituals made to make you feel emotion. It's so banal in an interesting way. In visual art it's about making you feel emotional, but it's more subtle.
Ragnar KjartanssonA lot of the stuff I've done is inspired by the location. Usually my works are pretty site-specific. There are a lot of shows that are older works, but often when I do new work for a show, it tends to talk to the space or the idea of the museum.
Ragnar Kjartansson