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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 reference that wasn't the usual frame of reference of the New York art world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heizer/i-wasn-t-an-academic-looking-in-books-for-ideas-but-i-educated-myself/)

[Michael Heizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-heizer/)

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## More by Michael Heizer

> [I have looked at so many photographs, I can not see them anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heizer/i-have-looked-at-so-many-photographs-i-can-not-see-them-anymore/)

[Michael Heizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-heizer/)

> [They are works of art that can be considered works of art but don't have to be in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heizer/they-are-works-of-art-that-can-be-considered-works-of-art-but-don-t/)

[Michael Heizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-heizer/)

> [Earth is the material with the most potential because it is the original source material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heizer/earth-is-the-material-with-the-most-potential-because-it-is-the/)

[Michael Heizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-heizer/)

> [Frank Gehry for instance likes to imagine his buildings as sculptures. I like to imagine my sculptures as architectural.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heizer/frank-gehry-for-instance-likes-to-imagine-his-buildings-as-sculptures/)

[Michael Heizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-heizer/)

> [The history of American art, in a way, begins with Jackson Pollock and his big paintings. This theme of bigness - all painters and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heizer/the-history-of-american-art-in-a-way-begins-with-jackson-pollock-and/)

[Michael Heizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heizer/i-wasn-t-political-enough-to-write-articles-about-myself-or-go-to/)

[Michael Heizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-heizer/)

> [I make static art, not dynamic art. That's what I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heizer/i-make-static-art-not-dynamic-art-that-s-what-i-do/)

[Michael Heizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-heizer/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heizer/the-size-thing-is-not-some-gimmick-or-attention-getting-trick-but-a/)

[Michael Heizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heizer/i-m-not-a-dogmatic-purist-psychopath-there-s-an-unfair-image-of-me/)

[Michael Heizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-heizer/)

> [I come from an academic background. I wasn't raised to be into promoting myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heizer/i-come-from-an-academic-background-i-wasn-t-raised-to-be-into/)

[Michael Heizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-heizer/)

> [The type of work I like is pure and simple and profound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heizer/the-type-of-work-i-like-is-pure-and-simple-and-profound/)

[Michael Heizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-heizer/)

> [Artwork is not like a commercial business; there is no such thing as a schedule for art. You can't hurry art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heizer/artwork-is-not-like-a-commercial-business-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a/)

[Michael Heizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-heizer/)

> [A strong work of art really leaves people speechless. They feel a little angry because they don't understand it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heizer/a-strong-work-of-art-really-leaves-people-speechless-they-feel-a/)

[Michael Heizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-heizer/)

> [Landscape to me is a planar thing, just a view. Environment is everything down to the ecosystem. Big difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heizer/landscape-to-me-is-a-planar-thing-just-a-view-environment-is/)

[Michael Heizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-heizer/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heizer/i-wasn-t-an-academic-looking-in-books-for-ideas-but-i-educated-myself/)

[Michael Heizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-heizer/)

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