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1. "In Amsterdam, the river and canals have been central to city life for the last four centuries." ~ Janet Echelman
2. "I believe that public space should be intentional: it should be obvious that you belong." ~ Janet Echelman
3. "I never studied sculpture, engineering or architecture. In fact, after college I applied to seven art schools and was rejected by all seven." ~ Janet Echelman
4. "I pay two full-time assistants in my studio, plus consultants who are architects, engineers, and landscape architects, as well as lighting designers." ~ Janet Echelman
5. "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 Echelman
6. "My whole career I've been interested by the distinction between an emotional and an intellectual response to an artwork." ~ Janet Echelman
7. "The spaces I want to be in are nurturing and soft and saturated with color. Our cities don't have enough of that, and as humans we need it." ~ Janet Echelman
8. "When ideas are young and vulnerable, criticism can be lethal." ~ Janet Echelman
9. "You can't stumble upon something new and wonderful if you don't have time to stumble." ~ Janet Echelman
10. "I 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 Echelman
11. "In my regular life, I am very involved in commissions for cities and sometimes countries. And I think of public art as a team sport. The outcome is only possible with the interaction of all the players." ~ Janet Echelman
12. "When developing an idea, I remind myself not to start with compromise. I envision the ideal manifestation of the idea, as if I had no limits in resources, materials, or permission." ~ Janet Echelman
13. "As a child, I always enjoyed building forts by stringing up bed sheets and clothes. I continue to be inspired by makeshift structures, including my own kids' forts and temporary architecture of all sorts." ~ Janet Echelman
14. "In Portugal, my sculpture 'She Changes' refers to the town's fishing history, to the era of seafaring trade and discovery. The contemporary site is industrial, surrounded by red and white striped smokestacks, which is mirrored in the pattern of the sculpture." ~ Janet Echelman
15. "Once I began to hear and pay attention to my fledgling ideas, the biggest hurdle was to learn how to respect them. That was hard, because the real way to respect an idea is to invest the attention and work needed to develop it." ~ Janet Echelman

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