Oliver Herring Professions : ArtistBorn : 1964 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Oliver Herring Most people are much more unusual and complicated and eccentric and playful and creative than they have time to express. Oliver Herring creativitycreativepeople If somebody actually just walks up to you and says, ‘Hey, do you want to do something out of the ordinary?’ there might be a little reluctance at first. But deep down, you want to do it. It’s adventure. That’s what brings people in front of the camera. I also feel that when you’re in your own environment that’s where you experiment, where you do all kinds of crazy stuff. So I thought, ‘Okay, let’s just see what happens if I allow that to unfold.’ Oliver Herring crazyadventurepeople Everyone is a creative agent. ... The tools are your imagination and your imagination is limitless. Oliver Herring toolscreativeimagination Perhaps the more "operatic" video pieces were a reaction to my knit sculpture, which kept me isolated for so long in the studio that the videos were a way for me to be social and flamboyant and to change my mind all the time. Because when I did the knit pieces, once I committed myself to a piece, I was locked into an idea, and the only thing that could really move was my mind. The early video pieces were a way for me to express what was going on in my mind. Oliver Herring longideasmoving Part of the value of TASK is not to invest into anything permanent; to really celebrate the moment-the fluidity of creative action. Oliver Herring fluiditytaskscreative Similar Authors Burton Silverman artist Bruce Nauman artist Bruce Conner artist Brom artist Britney Spears artist Brigid Berlin artistAll Authors
