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Richard Serra Quotes

Richard Serra quotes

American Sculptor November 2, 1939

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On the other hand, if there's an underlying core of poetry that I go to, I go to the sea. I've lived on the sea all my life. I live on the sea in Cape Breton. Richard Serra
But what does interest me is the notion that if you do a lot of work it means there's a potential for other people to understand that a lot of things are possible with a sustained effort and that the broadening of experiences is possible and I think that's all art can be. Richard Serra
Richard Serra quote: "I started working for Bethlehem Steel when I was about 16..."
I started working for Bethlehem Steel when I was about 16 during the summers. Richard Serra
I think you always have to find where the boundary is in relation to the context in order to be able to kind of articulate how you want the space to interact with the viewer. Richard Serra
Richard Serra quote: "I think different people have different problems and different..."
I think different people have different problems and different relations to the exhibition of their work. Richard Serra
Richard Serra quote: "I think this, I think basically I'm not interested in people..."
I think this, I think basically I'm not interested in people following my work or making work like my work. Richard Serra
Richard Serra quote: "The thing about rigging is, you can learn it if you become a..."
The thing about rigging is, you can learn it if you become a master rigger but there's no book on rigging. Richard Serra
And certainly the history of public sculpture has been disastrous but that doesn't mean it ought not to continue and the only way it even has a chance to continue is if the work gets out into the public. Richard Serra
If you get it out into the urban field it's going to be used or misused but it'll also probably provide a way of people acknowledging what the aesthetic is about because people have to confront it every day. Richard Serra
Basically, what you really want to do is try to engage the viewer's body relation to his thinking and walking and looking, without being overly heavy-handed about it. Richard Serra
Richard Serra quote: "Work out of your work. Don't work out of anybody else's work."
Work out of your work. Don't work out of anybody else's work. Richard Serra
Richard Serra quote: "But I don't think of any particular viewer in mind other than..."
But I don't think of any particular viewer in mind other than myself. Richard Serra
Richard Serra quote: "The thing about coming back to the Bay Area, it's like coming..."
The thing about coming back to the Bay Area, it's like coming home for me. Richard Serra
But you have to take all of those things, you have to take into consideration the paths, the roadways, how much cloud cover there is, how much foliage cover there is, whether there are streams, all of that comes into play. Richard Serra
I thought Out of Action was better as a catalogue than the honeycomb because the honeycomb was like walking into one compartment and then another compartment. Richard Serra

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