Landscape to me is a planar thing, just a view. Environment is everything down to the ecosystem. Big difference. Michael Heizer bigdifferenceecosystem Change image and share on social
Artwork is not like a commercial business; there is no such thing as a schedule for art. You can't hurry art. Michael Heizer artartworkbusiness Change image and share on social
The trouble is, once you say something about a source, then you've pegged it down, and so now I'm reluctant to say anything. If I say I developed 50 different shapes from Mississippian tumuli, that doesn't mean they're copies of tumuli - I'm not ripping off those shapes. Michael Heizer copydevelophave share on social
I'm self-entertaining. My dialogue is with myself. Michael Heizer dialogueentertain Change image and share on social
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. Michael Heizer academicartbook share on social
I was taken out of school by my dad when I was 11 and lived in Mexico City, then later in Paris. I went with him to excavate in Bolivia and Peru. I never finished high school. I was a straight F student anyway. My father admitted to me later that he'd thought I would come to no good. Michael Heizer admitboliviacity share on social
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 crazydogmaticgentle Change image and share on social
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. Michael Heizer americanartbegin Change image and share on social
The type of work I like is pure and simple and profound. Michael Heizer profoundpuresimple Change image and share on social
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. Michael Heizer artarticlecocktail share on social
