American Quote by Michael Heizer

I have looked at so many photographs, I can not see them anymore.

— 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.

— Michael Heizer

Earth is the material with the most potential because it is the original source material.

— Michael Heizer

Frank Gehry for instance likes to imagine his buildings as sculptures. I like to imagine my sculptures as architectural.

— 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…

— Michael Heizer

I make static art, not dynamic art. That's what I do.

— 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…

— 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.

— Michael Heizer

I come from an academic background. I wasn't raised to be into promoting myself.

— Michael Heizer

The type of work I like is pure and simple and profound.

— Michael Heizer

Artwork is not like a commercial business; there is no such thing as a schedule for art. You can't hurry art.

— Michael Heizer

A strong work of art really leaves people speechless. They feel a little angry because they don't understand it.

— Michael Heizer