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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 tool. With size you get space and atmosphere: atmosphere becomes volume. You stand in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heizer/i-think-size-is-the-most-unused-quotient-in-the-sculptor-s-repertoire/)

[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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