--- title: "1 Anonymous Want Quotes By Michael C. McMillen" description: "1 Anonymous Want quotes by Michael C. McMillen. Plus more from Michael C. McMillen and more Anonymous Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/michael-c-mcmillen-17032_conscious_one-big-disturbance-i-think-between-l-a_1952367.jpg" --- > [One big disturbance, I think, between L.A. and New York is that New York is so condensed and together that it's very hard to be private there. There's a lot of constant interchange, people know what you're doing all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-c-mcmillen/one-big-disturbance-i-think-between-l-a-and-new-york-is-that-new-york/) [Michael C. McMillen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-c-mcmillen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/michael-c-mcmillen-17032_conscious_one-big-disturbance-i-think-between-l-a_1952367.jpg) ## More by Michael C. McMillen > [I think good art has good concept behind it. Nothing can always articulate fully the way a Ph.D. candidate can articulate their thesis, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-c-mcmillen/i-think-good-art-has-good-concept-behind-it-nothing-can-always/) [Michael C. McMillen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-c-mcmillen/) > [I want to create objects that will stimulate the viewer in ways that I am stimulated by these objects. Now that's an ideal situation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-c-mcmillen/i-want-to-create-objects-that-will-stimulate-the-viewer-in-ways-that/) [Michael C. McMillen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-c-mcmillen/) > [I love the idea of engaging the object, whether it be architecture or a piece of good graphic design, or a good painting, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-c-mcmillen/i-love-the-idea-of-engaging-the-object-whether-it-be-architecture-or/) [Michael C. McMillen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-c-mcmillen/) > [I think we all have a tendency to have things. Even, I've noticed, people on the street collect things. So I think there's some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-c-mcmillen/i-think-we-all-have-a-tendency-to-have-things-even-i-ve-noticed/) [Michael C. McMillen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-c-mcmillen/) > [One nice thing about L.A. is that you can work here in privacy, but that also works against you because you can get forgotten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-c-mcmillen/one-nice-thing-about-l-a-is-that-you-can-work-here-in-privacy-but/) [Michael C. McMillen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-c-mcmillen/) > [The idea of flux, kind of constant change, whether it be our sense of time or geological time or cosmic time. It's always there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-c-mcmillen/the-idea-of-flux-kind-of-constant-change-whether-it-be-our-sense-of/) [Michael C. McMillen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-c-mcmillen/) > [I always thought that art that is produced somehow has to reflect the zeitgeist or the ambiance and the time and the history in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-c-mcmillen/i-always-thought-that-art-that-is-produced-somehow-has-to-reflect-the/) [Michael C. McMillen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-c-mcmillen/) > [In a lot of ways, L.A. has always been kind of colonized or marginalized by New York. It still goes on to this day,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-c-mcmillen/in-a-lot-of-ways-l-a-has-always-been-kind-of-colonized-or/) [Michael C. McMillen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-c-mcmillen/) > [As a kid, I wanted to be an inventor and realizing that being an artist is like being an inventor because you create problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-c-mcmillen/as-a-kid-i-wanted-to-be-an-inventor-and-realizing-that-being-an/) [Michael C. McMillen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-c-mcmillen/) > [I happen to like regionalism, whatever that means. I like the idea of art that somehow specifically reflects some aspect of a community or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-c-mcmillen/i-happen-to-like-regionalism-whatever-that-means-i-like-the-idea-of/) [Michael C. McMillen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-c-mcmillen/) > [That's what I like about the idea of the aesthetic experience, the idea of both enjoying looking at works of art and how they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-c-mcmillen/that-s-what-i-like-about-the-idea-of-the-aesthetic-experience-the/) [Michael C. McMillen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-c-mcmillen/) > [For me, my work is pretty much a lot of my identity. I mean I live to work, basically. With money I'm able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-c-mcmillen/for-me-my-work-is-pretty-much-a-lot-of-my-identity-i-mean-i-live-to/) [Michael C. McMillen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-c-mcmillen/) > [I've always seen L.A. as a giant kind of laboratory for ideas in a caldron for concepts where you can try anything you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-c-mcmillen/i-ve-always-seen-l-a-as-a-giant-kind-of-laboratory-for-ideas-in-a/) [Michael C. McMillen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-c-mcmillen/) > [I don't refer to myself as a sculptor, but I use the word "visual artist." I prefer that, because that leaves the medium wide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-c-mcmillen/i-don-t-refer-to-myself-as-a-sculptor-but-i-use-the-word-visual/) [Michael C. McMillen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-c-mcmillen/) > [L.A. has a lot of tackiness to it, but at the same time, in that funny kind of fantasy pretentiousness, it's unpretentious because it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-c-mcmillen/l-a-has-a-lot-of-tackiness-to-it-but-at-the-same-time-in-that-funny/) [Michael C. 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