A Quote by Rirkrit Tiravanija

When I first started working it was as if I didn't understand myself. The fact that I didn't understand myself was tied up with not understanding where I came from, where I began.

Rirkrit Tiravanija

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Rirkrit Tiravanija
Brazilian - Artist
Born: 1961

When I first started working, I was very aware of the fact that I'd been to university and studied Russian and French and not acting. So when I started working, I'd started working quite young, I felt like it was important to treat myself kind of like an apprentice and do as many different types of things as I could.

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