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15 quotes by Michael Heizer

Michael Heizer, "Isolated Mass/Circumflex (#2)", site-specific sculpture, 1968-72, Menil Collection Michael Heizer is a contemporary artist specializing in large-scale sculptures and earth art (or land art). He currently lives and works in Hiko, Nevada.
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A strong work of art really leaves people speechless. They feel a little angry because they don't understand it.

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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... →

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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... →

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I make static art, not dynamic art. That's what I do.

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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... →

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Artwork is not like a commercial business; there is no such thing as a schedule for art. You can't hurry art.

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I'm not a dogmatic, purist psychopath. There's an unfair image of me - mean, crazy, hostile. I'm really a very gentle person.

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Landscape to me is a planar thing, just a view. Environment is everything down to the ecosystem. Big difference.

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The size thing is not some gimmick or attention-getting trick but a genuine undercurrent of the work. Frank Gehry for instance likes to imagine his... →

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I come from an academic background. I wasn't raised to be into promoting myself.

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I'm self-entertaining. My dialogue is with myself.

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The type of work I like is pure and simple and profound.

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I wasn't an academic looking in books for ideas. But I educated myself about historical work that was similar to mine, to provide a frame of... →

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