Richard Arthur Long (born 1940) is a New Zealand journalist, and a former editor of The Dominion newspaper. Long held senior editorial positions with the Waikato Times and then the Taranaki Herald. In 1991, he joined The Dominion as their editor. After the merger of The Dominion with The Evening Post in 2002, Long became the inaugural editor of The Dominion Post. He left the new newspaper within months to become chief of staff for New Zealand National Party leaders Bill English and Don Brash. Long worked in the parliamentary press gallery for over 20 years, which included writing a series questioning the Think Big economic strategy of the government. The articles led Prime Minister Rob Muldoon to bar all Dominion reporters from his press conferences. he writes a political column "The Long View" for The Dominion Post.

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Notable quotes

“The source of my work is nature. I use it with respect and freedom. I use materials, ideas, movement and time to express a whole view of my art in the world.”
— Richard Long (1982), cited in: Description of the exhibition Concentrations IX: Richard Long, March 31–July 8, 1984 at the Dallas Museum of Art.
“My art is the essence of my experience, not a representation of it.”
— Richard Long (1982), cited in: Description of the exhibition Concentrations IX: Richard Long, March 31–July 8, 1984 at the Dallas Museum of Art.
“My work has become a simple metaphor of life. A figure walking down his road, making his mark. It is an affirmation of my human scale and senses: how far I walk, what stones I pick up, my particular experiences”
— Richard Long in a text quoted by Fuchs, cited in: Book Review Digest. Vol. 83 (1987), p. 637
“A sculpture, a map, a photograph; all the forms of my work are equal and complementary. The knowledge of my actions, in whatever form, is the art. My art is the essence of my experience, not a representation of it.”
— Richard Long: Books, Prints, Printed Matter. Exhib cat New York Public Library, New York 1994

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Overview

Richard Arthur Long (born 1940) is a New Zealand journalist, and a former editor of The Dominion newspaper. Long held senior editorial positions with the Waikato Times and then the Taranaki Herald. In 1991, he joined The Dominion as their editor. After the merger of The Dominion with The Evening Post in 2002, Long became the inaugural editor of The Dominion Post. He left the new newspaper within months to become chief of staff for New Zealand National Party leaders Bill English and Don Brash. Long worked in the parliamentary press gallery for over 20 years, which included writing a series questioning the Think Big economic strategy of the government. The articles led Prime Minister Rob Muldoon to bar all Dominion reporters from his press conferences. he writes a political column "The Long View" for The Dominion Post.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“The source of my work is nature. I use it with respect and freedom. I use materials, ideas, movement and time to express a whole view of my art in the world.”
— Richard Long (1982), cited in: Description of the exhibition Concentrations IX: Richard Long, March 31–July 8, 1984 at the Dallas Museum of Art.
“My art is the essence of my experience, not a representation of it.”
— Richard Long (1982), cited in: Description of the exhibition Concentrations IX: Richard Long, March 31–July 8, 1984 at the Dallas Museum of Art.
“My work has become a simple metaphor of life. A figure walking down his road, making his mark. It is an affirmation of my human scale and senses: how far I walk, what stones I pick up, my particular experiences”
— Richard Long in a text quoted by Fuchs, cited in: Book Review Digest. Vol. 83 (1987), p. 637
“A sculpture, a map, a photograph; all the forms of my work are equal and complementary. The knowledge of my actions, in whatever form, is the art. My art is the essence of my experience, not a representation of it.”
— Richard Long: Books, Prints, Printed Matter. Exhib cat New York Public Library, New York 1994

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Richard Arthur Long (born 1940) is a New Zealand journalist, and a former editor of The Dominion newspaper.

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