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# Andrea Zittel

(1965)   Sculptor

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Andrea Zittel is a sculptor.

## Quick Facts About Andrea Zittel

Born September 6, 1965

Profession Sculptor

## About Andrea Zittel

American artist (born 1965)... \| Andrea Zittel is an American artist based in Joshua Tree, California, United States. Her art and community work encompasses modes of living and design practice in an ongoing investigation that explores the questions "How to live?" and "What gives life meaning?"

##  Quotes by Andrea Zittel

> [I actually started to think a lot about the difference between a creative gesture and a noncreative gesture. I decided that all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-zittel/i-actually-started-to-think-a-lot-about-the-difference-between-a/)

[Andrea Zittel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-zittel/)

[Creative](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creative/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5d/andrea-zittel-69088_creative_i-actually-started-to-think-a-lot-about_1516368.png)

> [There's this privileged position of being an artist where you can do things on a more experimental nature simply to see what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-zittel/there-s-this-privileged-position-of-being-an-artist-where-you-can-do/)

[Andrea Zittel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-zittel/)

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/andrea-zittel-69088_art_there-s-this-privileged-position-of-bein_1842797.png)

> [I'm so drawn to the frontier mentality and that idea of having to figure everything out from scratch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-zittel/i-m-so-drawn-to-the-frontier-mentality-and-that-idea-of-having-to/)

[Andrea Zittel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-zittel/)

[Figures](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/figures/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cf/andrea-zittel-69088_figures_i-m-so-drawn-to-the-frontier-mentality-a_2172886.png)

> [The creation of rule is more creative than the destruction of them. Creation demands a higher level of reasoning and draws connections…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-zittel/the-creation-of-rule-is-more-creative-than-the-destruction-of-them/)

[Andrea Zittel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-zittel/)

[Cause and effect](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cause-and-effect/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/andrea-zittel-69088_cause-and-effect_the-creation-of-rule-is-more-creative-th_3222729.png)

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