Doug Aitken quote: "The 'Station to Station' film has been fascinating to create. It feels as though it made itself in a way, and after awhile, the film told us what it needed and began to sculpt itself."

'Planet Caravan' by Black Sabbath is such a delicate song from such a surprising place.
DOUG AITKEN

We are engaging with so many art forms at once in the 21st century, but we're presented with the...
DOUG AITKEN

Communication is paramount, and what medium or what format you utilize should be a non-issue. In som...
DOUG AITKEN

There's really no differentiation between the work I make and the world I live in.
DOUG AITKEN

My office has two buildings that function like the right and left sides of the brain. There's a ...
DOUG AITKEN

I have a weak spot for late '60s-early '70s yippie paperbacks and protest manifestos. I find...
DOUG AITKEN

We are all affected by the time we are born into, and of course that feeds into your work. Society i...
DOUG AITKEN

I don't really care about interruptions. I accept technology, and I don't turn things off. I...
DOUG AITKEN

The 20th century is a period defined by cultural and artistic movements. However, the 21st century c...
DOUG AITKEN

Our culture is not this thing to be seen from a distance. We need to be embracing the friction of it...
DOUG AITKEN

I'm really pleased to share the 'Station to Station' film. It has a very unorthodox stru...
DOUG AITKEN

The 'Station to Station' film is a fast-moving journey through the modern creative landscape...
DOUG AITKEN

I'm not a journalist; I'm probably a horrible interviewer. The one small thing I have is I&#...
DOUG AITKEN

'Station to Station' is a series of happenings that go across the landscape. What is a happe...
DOUG AITKEN

I love art that haunts me, that stays with me, that is left embedded in my mind. I don't really ...
DOUG AITKEN

I have always just made things. I don't see what I make as being defined by a medium or aestheti...
DOUG AITKEN

The perfect pop song is a 20th-century creation; it's not a sonnet, it's not an opera, it...
DOUG AITKEN

We're living in a tremendously new landscape, and the possibility of what can be created is imme...
DOUG AITKEN

It's very easy to lose track of the environment around you, to lose touch with the present.
DOUG AITKEN

One of the core reasons for creating 'Station to Station' was to provide a space for explora...
DOUG AITKEN

The 'Station to Station' film is made entirely out of one-minute films, and each of the 62 m...
DOUG AITKEN

I think about museums often. There are things that I want museums to do that they often don't. F...
DOUG AITKEN

We're moving into an era when things are dematerialised and much more holographic. Floating abov...
DOUG AITKEN

I think that 'Station to Station' is a nomadic project not only in a literal sense, as it...
DOUG AITKEN

'Station to Station' came out of a sense of urgency - a sense that culture, be it art, film ...
DOUG AITKEN

Art is always a search for understanding, and the different levels and frequencies of that search fe...
DOUG AITKEN

I'm really a believer in being in situations that feel new and awkward and different. And I love...
DOUG AITKEN

In our daily lives, we see ourselves often in very reductive ways. I want to explore motion, change ...
DOUG AITKEN

In Port Headland, happiness comes smithereen-shaped.
JONATHAN AITKEN

Breaking a glass in the Northwest is rather like belching in Arabia, for it appears to be done as a ...
JONATHAN AITKEN

If you find an Australian indoors, it's a fair bet that he will have a glass in his hand.
JONATHAN AITKEN

At the end of the Macmillan government, there was a change in the whole tone of politics,
JONATHAN AITKEN

Pride is the deadliest of sins, but I was bursting with pride
JONATHAN AITKEN

Some councils have only two or three pupils who need this help. That is not a big enough group to bu...
EWAN AITKEN

There are things to learn in the reviews of how primary schools and nurseries alert parents of child...
EWAN AITKEN

The actions of one individual have made many people's lives very difficult, in particular the childr...
EWAN AITKEN

People from the area have told me that they are pleased to see the pupils wearing uniform and it mak...
EWAN AITKEN

Alcohol's a big problem which we need to solve and if that means going to primary schools then we've...
EWAN AITKEN

In some cases, this will provide a solution for councils. The public forgets that we have a statutor...
EWAN AITKEN

Every game we had was important to stay in the hunt. We knew how important the games were. It wasn't...
ERIN AITKEN

Obviously, it helped prepare us that every game we played counted.
ERIN AITKEN

Our defense stepped up in the third quarter, and Missy hitting those two shots were just huge. It ga...
ERIN AITKEN

If we win the next two games, we should be in the playoffs. If we go 1-1 against Tracy before finish...
ERIN AITKEN

I have all the respect in the world for Franklin, they are very tough to beat at home and they alway...
ERIN AITKEN

I thought we had a chance despite what I thought was one of the most uninspiring performances by my ...
ERIN AITKEN

They made it close. In the fourth they started trapping aggressively and we started turning the ball...
ERIN AITKEN

We wanted to do more.
MARK AITKEN

Hers was one of the first applications we accepted.
MARK AITKEN

He'll have to declare conflicts on county business. But he doesn't have to resign his post on counci...
MARK AITKEN

We're quite pleased to have Rick.
MARK AITKEN

We really lifted that ball and there was some great intercepts to see.
RUTH AITKEN

I was struck again by the need to collaborate and to work together strategically among churches in a...
ROBERT AITKEN

But such fine words butter no parsnips.
ROBERT AITKEN

The world is'nt such a bad place at all - as long as one did'nt read the daily newspaper
BILL AITKEN

I think the market is very underweight Telstra stock.
CHARLIE AITKEN

Buy old masters. They fetch a better price than old mistresses.
MAX AITKEN

I'm just hoping to be in contention with the top runners, staying in that front group.
ASHLEY AITKEN

I always took precautions by taping my ankle but around home you don't tend to do that and I tripped...
ASHLEY AITKEN

It seems to me to be peculiarly unethical to be displaying foreign otters under a banner of educatin...
ROBERT AITKEN

The Universal is always the same, the specifics are always different.
ROBERT AITKEN

The referee saw what we did, that Mark had made good contact with the ball and the disappointing thi...
ROY AITKEN

Jess is an exciting young shooter who shows great maturity in her game.
RUTH AITKEN

She certainly wasn't comfortable today.
RUTH AITKEN

We feel it is important over the length of the tournament that we use all 12 players and we have ful...
RUTH AITKEN

I think certainly we felt Australia didn't have a good day at the office that day and we know they'l...
RUTH AITKEN

It was really well contested and we were pleased we got our flow a lot more. And we were craftier in...
RUTH AITKEN

We're aware of them through the World Youth Cup. We might not have seen them in the green and gold, ...
RUTH AITKEN

It's just been good for making them think how they can keep learning and we can keep challenging the...
RUTH AITKEN

She came back in great form after a few matches in Newcastle. She was really on the top of her game ...
RUTH AITKEN

It was good to see those two raising the level and saying 'we're over here', so that's great, they a...
RUTH AITKEN

She went over on her knee but it's too early to say what the extent of the injury is.
RUTH AITKEN

We were sort of having to extricate ourselves from bodies which just takes a bit longer but it's ver...
RUTH AITKEN

The balance of payments crisis sounds rather dry but it really would have a devastating impact on th...
BRIAN AITKEN

Often undecided whether to desert a sinking ship for one that might not float, he would make up his ...
MAX AITKEN

The Buddha's original teaching is essentially a matter of four points -- the Four Noble Truths:
ROBERT AITKEN

We're still working it out. We've never been through something like that.
MARGIE AITKEN

By throwing billions of dollars of tax payer money to these huge corporations we not only impose a h...
BRIAN D. AITKEN

If the government paid you to fail, would you change your business strategy? Of course not.
BRIAN D. AITKEN

Establishing goals is all right if you don't let them deprive you of interesting detours.
DOUG LARSON

The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.
DOUG LARSON

A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself.
DOUG LARSON

The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.
DOUG LARSON

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.
DOUG LARSON

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing ...
DOUG LARSON

I think there's a lot of different ways to win. You've seen teams that win championships wit...
DOUG COLLINS

I populated 'The Bourne Identity' with real characters from American history, specifically c...
DOUG LIMAN

When I was shooting 'The Bourne Identity,' I had a mantra: 'How come you never see James...
DOUG LIMAN

The more real I got on 'The Bourne Identity,' the more interesting it got. So 'Fair Game...
DOUG LIMAN

Ice cream brings people together.
DOUG DUCEY

When hired three years ago, I willingly accepted the challenge of leading the Bulls back to the type...
DOUG COLLINS

Nationalism does nothing but teach you to hate people you never met, and to take pride in accomplish...
DOUG STANHOPE

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.
DOUG LARSON

Money is good, love is wealth.
DOUG HORTON

I started my career wanting to make a 'James Bond' movie, and I couldn't get hired! I ma...
DOUG LIMAN

I still say a church steeple with a lightening rod on top shows a lack of confidence.
DOUG MCLEOD

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your successes.
DOUG LARSON

Love is seeing without eyes, hearing without ears; hatred is nothing.
DOUG HORTON

If you love something let it go free. If it doesn't come back, you never had it. If it comes back, l...
DOUG HORTON

Love is a given, hatred is acquired.
DOUG HORTON

If food were free, why work?
DOUG HORTON

Death is the final wake-up call.
DOUG HORTON

To awake from death is to die in peace.
DOUG HORTON

Death is feared as birth is forgotten.
DOUG HORTON

The stars up there at night are closer than you think.
DOUG DILLON

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.
DOUG LARSON

Long-range planning works best in the short term
DOUG EVELYN

Perfection is perfectly simple; fouling things up requires true skill.
DOUG HORTON

The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.
DOUG LARSON

We are all serving a life sentence, and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon.
DOUG HORTON

Learn to pause... or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you.
DOUG KING

The harder you fall, the higher you bounce.
DOUG HORTON

Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.
DOUG HORTON

Boring people are a reflection of boring people.
DOUG HORTON

Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.
DOUG HORTON

It's easy to cry 'bug' when the truth is that you've got a complex system and sometimes it takes a w...
DOUG VARGAS

No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys.
DOUG HORTON

Conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain.
DOUG HORTON

Seeing the light is a choice, not seeing the light is no choice.
DOUG HORTON

Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free.
DOUG HORTON

First rule of Economics 101: our desires are insatiable. Second rule: we can stomach only three Big ...
DOUG HORTON

Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Die, search for meaning, search for ...
DOUG HORTON

Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attenti...
DOUG HORTON

Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket.
DOUG HORTON

Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.
DOUG HORTON

As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang agains...
DOUG HORTON

If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?
DOUG HORTON

The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated.
DOUG HORTON

Remember only the good, the bad will never forget you.
DOUG HORTON

There is no bad in good.
DOUG HORTON

If it looks like shit, smells like shit, mail it to your enemy... he'll know what to do with it.
DOUG HORTON

Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.
DOUG HORTON

Usually a person has more faith in their fear than faith in their future.
DOUG FIREBAUGH

Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.
DOUG HORTON

Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes.
DOUG HORTON

Born a saint, die a sinner -- born a sinner, die a saint.
DOUG HORTON

Smile, it's free therapy.
DOUG HORTON

Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye.
DOUG HORTON

While seeking revenge, dig two graves -- one for yourself.
DOUG HORTON

Top presenters have total control of their fears. They make fear their slave, not the master.
DOUG MALOUF

Toys are the greatest inspiration for me. People never really grow up. They just get bigger adult bo...
DOUG TAYLOR

We may not always get what we want, but surely we will get what we deserve.
DOUG HORTON

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing pole...
DOUG LARSON

If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride.
DOUG HORTON

Drive slow and enjoy the scenery -- drive fast and join the scenery.
DOUG HORTON

Integrity is not something that you should have to think about...nor consider doing...but something ...
DOUG FIREBAUGH

To hit bottom is to fall from grace.
DOUG HORTON

Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.
DOUG HORTON

Why ask why? If it's raining it just is.
DOUG HORTON

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.
DOUG LARSON

You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.
DOUG FLOYD

Long-range planning works best in the short term.
DOUG EVELYN

The reason people blame things on the previous generations is that there's only one other choice.
DOUG LARSON

The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.
DOUG HORTON

Accomplishing the impossible means only the boss will add it to your regular duties.
DOUG LARSON

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own. -Doug Lar...
DOUG LARSON

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerat...
DOUG ENGELBART

When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. -- they'll find something.
DOUG HORTON

You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.
DOUG FLOYD

If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
DOUG LARSON

MTV is the lava lamp of the 1980's.
DOUG FERRARI

A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.
DOUG LARSON

The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.
DOUG LARSON

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.
DOUG LARSON

My daughter is very strong-willed and is a great kid. She doesn't drink. She doesn't smoke. ...
DOUG FLUTIE

The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.
DOUG LARSON

I mean people up here aren't stupid, I'm lower gene pool and I kind of sit in amazement at w...
DOUG OSE

I think making a great action movie is one of the hardest cinematic endeavors. By definition, smart ...
DOUG LIMAN

I'm not cool with ACORN or the working families' party, or people that vote like democrats a...
DOUG HOFFMAN

Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.
DOUG LARSON

There must be a happy medium somewhere between being totally informed and blissfully unaware.
DOUG LARSON

Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of hom...
DOUG LARSON

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!
DOUG LARSON

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.
DOUG LARSON

Somehow super power and hero are so synonymous that they get combined into one word, 'superhero,...
DOUG LIMAN

Football is my profession now. I'm getting married in August... It's a new experience for me...
DOUG FLUTIE

A safe, affordable and plentiful supply of food is a national security issue.
DOUG OSE

A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.
DOUG LARSON

Biotech research is incredibly important for health-care innovation.
DOUG DUCEY

If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of ...
DOUG LARSON

Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.
DOUG LARSON

There's a fraudulent root element of comedy in that we say things night after night as though th...
DOUG STANHOPE

The flow. Yeah. Knowing you could step on the court and make it happen. You practiced, sure. But the...
DOUG WILHELM

I usually don't find myself reacting to my characters. I just create them ... And let the audien...
DOUG HUTCHISON

To say that I'm going to veto something that I haven't read is just - or sign something that...
DOUG DUCEY

Earning a certificate or degree, or both, after high school opens the door to countless economic opp...
DOUG DUCEY

Sometimes it just feels really really wonderful to be alive.
DOUG COUPLAND

I have a TV Soap Boomerang award, and I always start my year with the Australian Open tennis! Tennis...
DOUG DAVIDSON

Thriving economies on both sides of the border is a win-win for Arizona and Mexico, but that will on...
DOUG DUCEY

I am a forthright defender of the right to bear arms - which is guaranteed not only by the U.S. Cons...
DOUG DUCEY

As governor, I want to make sure that Arizona's hardworking taxpayers get to keep more of what t...
DOUG DUCEY

The gaming world is a complete mystery to me! Well, I did play Pac Man and Frogger using big machine...
DOUG JONES

By working together, we can make Arizona a place where everyone has an opportunity for a better life...
DOUG DUCEY

We're talking about being relevant again. I want the Sixers to be on people's tongues again....
DOUG COLLINS

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.
DOUG LARSON

Give me 10 high school pitchers, let me spend a week with them, and I'll show you 10 pitchers wh...
DOUG HARVEY

As CEO of Cold Stone Creamery, we used a concept called 'search and reapply,' which meant th...
DOUG DUCEY

I think being in love with life is a key to eternal youth.
DOUG HUTCHISON

Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.
DOUG LARSON

There’s a drive in a lost soul—in one that is searching for acceptance, companionship, belonging...
DOUG COOPER

The crew members for 'The Price Is Right' at night are the same guys who work 'Y&R&#...
DOUG DAVIDSON

The 'Station to Station' film has been fascinating to create. It feels as though it made itself in a way, and after awhile, the film told us what it needed and began to sculpt itself.

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The 'Station to Station' film has been fascinating to create. It feels as though it made itself in a way, and after awhile, the film told us what it needed and began to sculpt itself.

Doug Aitken

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