H. R. Giger Quotes

• You know, it was just another presentation of my work, and a funny one, because the cards are quite different from the normal Tarot deck, no?

  H. R. Giger

  Topics in Funny

  Tags in Presentation, Different

• You know, I said I have this problem that I need to more carefully read Akron’s text because it’s too much, too much fantasy, and so I am busy with other stuff – it’s funny, it’s nice to hear that someone is studying that carefully and now I know a little bit more about that.

  H. R. Giger

  Topics in Funny

  Tags in Carefully, Problem

• You know I was curious – I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings because I myself have not analyzed why they have turned out like this or like that.

  H. R. Giger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Like, Myself, Interested

• Some people would say my paintings show a future world and maybe they do, but I paint from reality. I put several things and ideas together, and perhaps, when I have finished, it could show the future.

  H. R. Giger

  Topics in Future

  Tags in People, Several, Reality

• Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don’t really think it is.

  H. R. Giger

  Topics in Work

  Tags in People, Strange, Think

• No, I didn’t work it out upside down, I never turned it around.

  H. R. Giger

  Topics in Work

  Tags in Around

• I don’t know, if somebody doesn’t tell me how would I know?

  H. R. Giger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Tell, Somebody

• There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.

  H. R. Giger

  Topics in Beauty

  Tags in Kind, Hope

H. R. Giger (8)

Birth:	5th February, 1940
Death:	12th May, 2014
Nationality:	Swiss
Profession:	Artist

About

Hans Rudolf Giger was a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor and set designer. He was part of the special effects team that won an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for their design work on the film Alien. He was named to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2013.

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