Richard Serra

The industrial material becomes poetic in my hands.

Art is a verb; it's an action, not a static object.

I aim to make the viewer aware of their own presence.

Monuments are not about memory; they are about experience.

The tilt of a piece changes everything.

Art without risk is not art.

Scale in sculpture is psychological, not just physical.

I draw to think, to plan the impossible.

The site dictates the sculpture, not the other way around.

Rust is the soul of steel.

Public space needs disruption to be alive.

My work is about the tension between permanence and change.

Life is like lead: heavy and transformative.

In art, as in life, balance is an illusion.

The artist's role is to question, not to answer.

Time erodes, but steel endures.

Perception is the true medium of sculpture.

I sculpt experiences, not objects.

The weight of art is felt in the body.

Innovation comes from defying expectations.