Michael Heizer quotes

I think size is the most unused quotient in the sculptor's repertoire because it requires lots of commitment and time. To me it's the best tool. With size you get space and atmosphere: atmosphere becomes volume. You stand in the shape, in the zone. (Michael Heizer)
A strong work of art really leaves people speechless. They feel a little angry because they don't understand it. View quote
Michael Heizer
I wasn't political enough to write articles about myself or go to cocktail parties, meaning that not only has my art been pirated and my intellectual property rights stolen, but my work has been misrepresented. View quote
Michael Heizer
Landscape to me is a planar thing, just a view. Environment is everything down to the ecosystem. Big difference. View quote
Michael Heizer
I was taken out of school by my dad when I was 11 and lived in Mexico City, then later in Paris. I went with him to excavate in Bolivia and Peru. I never finished high school. I was a straight F student anyway. My father admitted to me later that he'd thought I would come to no good. View quote
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I'm self-entertaining. My dialogue is with myself. View quote
Michael Heizer
The type of work I like is pure and simple and profound. View quote
Michael Heizer
I'm not a dogmatic, purist psychopath. There's an unfair image of me - mean, crazy, hostile. I'm really a very gentle person. View quote
Michael Heizer
I make static art, not dynamic art. That's what I do. View quote
Michael Heizer
The trouble is, once you say something about a source, then you've pegged it down, and so now I'm reluctant to say anything. If I say I developed 50 different shapes from Mississippian tumuli, that doesn't mean they're copies of tumuli - I'm not ripping off those shapes. View quote
Michael Heizer

Michael Heizer

Occupation: American Artist
Born: November 4, 1944
Quotes count: 10