Richard Serra Mean Quotations

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.

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.

Steve's early work had a lasting effect on me. The density and the gravity of the sound was so great it prevents recollection. The power of Steve's music has to do with its sound. Tempo counts, and language is pushed to the breaking point, where the meaning of the word is obliterated and lets the music out.