Michael Heizer Art Quotations

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 my intellectual property rights stolen, but my work has been misrepresented.

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.

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

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

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

The history of American art, in a way, begins with Jackson Pollock and his big paintings. This theme of bigness - all painters and sculptors have dealt with it ever since.

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

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 and Europe.