Richard Serra
The steel and the space, or the object and the void, become one and the same.
Richard Serra (born 2 November 1939) is an American minimalist sculptor and video artist known for working with large scale assemblies of sheet metal.
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I think if you want to make art, at some point you have to suspend judgment, and you have to involve youself with play and not worry about the outcome.
Charlie Rose interview (2001)
- I think if you want to make art, at some point you have to suspend judgment, and you have to involve yourself with play and not worry about the outcome.
- I was in analysis and I told my analyst I wanted to be the best sculptor in the world and he said: "Richard, calm down."
- Space, as my work evolved, really became my subject.
- The steel and the space, or the object and the void, become one and the same.
- Basically, that is my subject: I use steel to organize space.
- To see is to think, and to think is to see.
- Most of what you see in architecture are watered-down ideas of sculptors who have come before.
- Don't start telling me buildings are works of art, because I don't buy it.
Quotes about Serra
- Probably the most original and significant sculptor of his generation, certainly the most provocative.
