--- title: "1 Experience Just Quotes By Virginia Dwan" description: "1 Experience Just quotes by Virginia Dwan. Plus more from Virginia Dwan and more Experience Just sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f4/virginia-dwan-29141_artist_people-should-go-to-the-works-and-experi_2446291.jpg" --- > [People should go to the works and experience them. Because just having an idea or picture in mind is absolutely not the experience that's necessary. Even just landing in Albuquerque or Salt Lake City or Las Vegas was immediately part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-dwan/people-should-go-to-the-works-and-experience-them-because-just-having/) [Virginia Dwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-dwan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f4/virginia-dwan-29141_artist_people-should-go-to-the-works-and-experi_2446291.jpg) ## More by Virginia Dwan > [I opened with Edward Kienholz's The Beanery, and that's such a controversial piece that I think that brought people right away. It was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-dwan/i-opened-with-edward-kienholz-s-the-beanery-and-that-s-such-a/) [Virginia Dwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-dwan/) > [Quite honestly, even as a woman dealer, I really wasn't interested in masculinity or femininity as such. What was important to me was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-dwan/quite-honestly-even-as-a-woman-dealer-i-really-wasn-t-interested-in/) [Virginia Dwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-dwan/) > [I think that Walter De Maria's Lightning Field, Michael Heizer's City, and Charles Ross's work in Star Axis New Mexico , all three will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-dwan/i-think-that-walter-de-maria-s-lightning-field-michael-heizer-s-city/) [Virginia Dwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-dwan/) > [I remember when I went to a gallery in Paris at one point, they had drawings of earthworks set in different places. I asked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-dwan/i-remember-when-i-went-to-a-gallery-in-paris-at-one-point-they-had/) [Virginia Dwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-dwan/) > [The gallery closed its doors in 1971. I could no longer psychologically handle the needs of 12 artists. I cared about all of them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-dwan/the-gallery-closed-its-doors-in-1971-i-could-no-longer/) [Virginia Dwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-dwan/) > [What's happening in the larger world always influences art. When I first started the gallery in 1959, one of the first things I learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-dwan/what-s-happening-in-the-larger-world-always-influences-art-when-i/) [Virginia Dwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-dwan/) > [I think the four land artists I showed all worked within a few years of each other. And they were standard bearers, I suppose,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-dwan/i-think-the-four-land-artists-i-showed-all-worked-within-a-few-years/) [Virginia Dwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-dwan/) > [Art wasn't for selling. Actually, we once did have an offer on Double Negative. Things could be sold actually - everything could be for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-dwan/art-wasn-t-for-selling-actually-we-once-did-have-an-offer-on-double/) [Virginia Dwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-dwan/) > [I think Michael Heizer and Walter De Maria had a love-hate relationship because they both had a lot in common. But inevitably one would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-dwan/i-think-michael-heizer-and-walter-de-maria-had-a-love-hate/) [Virginia Dwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-dwan/) > [I didn't know Michael Heizer until I was preparing for my "Earthworks" show in 1968, and somebody called and told me to look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-dwan/i-didn-t-know-michael-heizer-until-i-was-preparing-for-my-earthworks/) [Virginia Dwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-dwan/) > [I remember very vividly. I was here in New York. Nancy Holt called me and - I feel unhappy thinking about it - she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-dwan/i-remember-very-vividly-i-was-here-in-new-york-nancy-holt-called-me/) [Virginia Dwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-dwan/) > [Making the effort is quite a pleasure in itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-dwan/making-the-effort-is-quite-a-pleasure-in-itself/) [Virginia Dwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-dwan/) > [People should go to the works and experience them. Because just having an idea or picture in mind is absolutely not the experience that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-dwan/people-should-go-to-the-works-and-experience-them-because-just-having/) [Virginia Dwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-dwan/) > [Had opened a gallery I already had strong connections with New York, because I was taking work on consignment from New York dealers. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-dwan/had-opened-a-gallery-i-already-had-strong-connections-with-new-york/) [Virginia Dwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-dwan/) > [People tend to view land art as something that happened at a certain historical moment - like minimal art, which I was also very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-dwan/people-tend-to-view-land-art-as-something-that-happened-at-a-certain/) [Virginia Dwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-dwan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experience-just/virginia-dwan/#itemlist", "name": "1 Experience Just Quotes By Virginia Dwan", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People should go to the works and experience them. Because just having an idea or picture in mind is absolutely not the experience that's necessary. 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