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> [Most photographs take their cues from advertising, where the priority is high image content for an easy Gestalt reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-serra/most-photographs-take-their-cues-from-advertising-where-the-priority/)

[Richard Serra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-serra/)

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## More by Richard Serra

> [If your educe sculpture to the flat plane of the temporal experience of the work. (...) the experience of the work is inseparable from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-serra/if-your-educe-sculpture-to-the-flat-plane-of-the-temporal-experience/)

[Richard Serra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-serra/)

> [I think this, I think basically I'm not interested in people following my work or making work like my work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-serra/i-think-this-i-think-basically-i-m-not-interested-in-people-following/)

[Richard Serra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-serra/)

> [If you reduce sculpture to the flat plane of the photograph, you're passing on only a residue of your concerns... You're not only reducing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-serra/if-you-reduce-sculpture-to-the-flat-plane-of-the-photograph-you-re/)

[Richard Serra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-serra/)

> [Your eye is a muscle, you have to keep it in shape and the more you draw, the more you see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-serra/your-eye-is-a-muscle-you-have-to-keep-it-in-shape-and-the-more-you/)

[Richard Serra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-serra/)

> [The thing about rigging is, you can learn it if you become a master rigger but there's no book on rigging.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-serra/the-thing-about-rigging-is-you-can-learn-it-if-you-become-a-master/)

[Richard Serra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-serra/)

> [It could be that people want to consume sculpture the way they consume paintings - through photographs... I'm interested in the experience of sculpture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-serra/it-could-be-that-people-want-to-consume-sculpture-the-way-they/)

[Richard Serra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-serra/)

> [Work out of your work. Don't work out of anybody else's work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-serra/work-out-of-your-work-don-t-work-out-of-anybody-else-s-work/)

[Richard Serra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-serra/)

> [Time and movement became really crucial to how I deal with what I deal with, not only sight and boundary but how one walks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-serra/time-and-movement-became-really-crucial-to-how-i-deal-with-what-i/)

[Richard Serra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-serra/)

> [I consider space to be a material. The articulation of space has come to take precedence over other concerns. I attempt to use sculptural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-serra/i-consider-space-to-be-a-material-the-articulation-of-space-has-come/)

[Richard Serra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-serra/)

> [Everything we choose in life for its lightness soon reveals its unbearable weight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-serra/everything-we-choose-in-life-for-its-lightness-soon-reveals-its/)

[Richard Serra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-serra/)

> [I think different people have different problems and different relations to the exhibition of their work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-serra/i-think-different-people-have-different-problems-and-different/)

[Richard Serra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-serra/)

> [Now when you have administrators deciding what sexuality is, and what's a taboo and what's not in terms of content, you got guys, like,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-serra/now-when-you-have-administrators-deciding-what-sexuality-is-and-what/)

[Richard Serra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-serra/)

> [I think you always have to find where the boundary is in relation to the context in order to be able to kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-serra/i-think-you-always-have-to-find-where-the-boundary-is-in-relation-to/)

[Richard Serra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-serra/)

> [I was in analysis and I told my analyst I wanted to be the best sculptor in the world and he said, 'Richard, calm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-serra/i-was-in-analysis-and-i-told-my-analyst-i-wanted-to-be-the-best/)

[Richard Serra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-serra/)

> [Basically, what you really want to do is try to engage the viewer's body relation to his thinking and walking and looking, without being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-serra/basically-what-you-really-want-to-do-is-try-to-engage-the-viewer-s/)

[Richard Serra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-serra/)

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