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Sculpture Quotes

Painting and sculpture are very archaic forms. It’s the only thing left in our industrial society where an individual alone can make something with not just his own hands, but brains, imagination, heart maybe Picture Quote #1

Well, I never studied design and I went to art school to study art, you know, sculpture and things like that, and ended up making things like sculpture and started making chairs and jewelry together and that’s how I started Picture Quote #1

I really don’t have a theme when I start a sculpture. The rock guides me to the final sculpture. I think that is true for many creative sculpture artists Picture Quote #1

So, in other words, how you respond to a sculpture, how a viewer sees the sculpture, is vital Picture Quote #1

Sculpture occupies real space like we do... you walk around it and relate to it almost as another person or another object Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past, thus reinforcing political and social values that are no longer with us Picture Quote #1

Music is a means capable of expressing dark dramatism and pure rapture, suffering and ecstasy, fiery and cold fury, melancholy and wild merriment – and the subtlest nuances and interplay of these feelings which words are powerless to express and which are unattainable in painting and sculpture Picture Quote #1

All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer. art is an action against death. It is a denial of death Picture Quote #1

Man is really not freeing many aspects. He is dependent on his social circumstances, but he is free in his thinking, and here is the point of origin of sculpture. For me the formation of the thought is already sculpture. The thought is sculpture Picture Quote #1

To accuse me of making sensations is the easiest way of attacking me, and in reality leaves the question of sculpture untouched Picture Quote #1

Architects, painters, and sculptors must recognize anew and learn to grasp the composite character of a building both as an entity and in its separate parts. Only then will their work be imbued with the architectonic spirit which it has lost as salon art. Together let us desire, conceive, and create the new structure of the future, which will embrace architecture and sculpture and painting in one unity and which will one day rise toward heaven from the hands of a million workers like the crystal symbol of a new faith Picture Quote #1

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There are things that music can do that language could never do, that painting could never do, or sculpture. Music is capable of going directly to the source of the mystery. It doesn’t have to explain it. It can simply celebrate it Picture Quote #1

Painting is so poetic, while sculpture is more logical and scientific and makes you worry about gravity Picture Quote #1

She put out her hand and touched his forearm, as she would have touched some piece of porcelain or sculpture, just for the sheer animal pleasure of feeling its shape and curve beneath her fingertips Picture Quote #1

A piece of sculpture can have a hole through it and not be weakened if the hole is of a studied size, shape, and direction Picture Quote #1

The essence of sculpture is for me the perception of space, the continuum of our existence Picture Quote #1

The viewer becomes aware of himself and of his movement through the plaza. As he moves, the sculpture changes. Contraction and expansion of the sculpture result from the viewer’s movement. Step by step the perception not only of the sculpture but of the entire environment changes Picture Quote #1

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I almost feel like its an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure. I don’t want to paint the same painting again. I don’t want to make the same sculpture again. Why shouldnt a big movie studio be able to make those small independent kinds of pictures? Why not change it up? Picture Quote #1

The ultimate aim of all artistic activity is building!... Architects, sculptors, painters, we must all get back to craft!... The artist is a heightened manifestation of the craftsman... Let us form... a new guild of craftsmen without the class divisions that set out to raise an arrogant barrier between craftsmen and artists!... Let us together create the new building of the future which will be all in one: architecture and sculpture and painting Picture Quote #1

When words such as painting and sculpture are used, they connote a whole tradition and imply a consequent acceptance of this tradition, thus placing limitations on the artist who would be reluctant to make art that goes beyond the limitations Picture Quote #1

I have tried to get close to the frontier between architecture and sculpture and to understand architecture as an art Picture Quote #1

All art should have a certain mystery and should make demands on the spectator. Giving a sculpture or a drawing too explicit a title takes away part of that mystery so that the spectator moves on to the next object, making no effort to ponder the meaning of what he has just seen. Everyone thinks that he or she looks but they don’t really, you know Picture Quote #1

Where did I learn to understand sculpture? In the woods by looking at the trees, along roads by observing the formation of clouds, in the studio by studying the model, everywhere except in the schools Picture Quote #1

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A mobile is an abstract sculpture made chiefly out of sheet metal, steel rods, wire and wood. Some or all of these elements move, propelled by electric motors, wind, water or by hand Picture Quote #1

The sense of motion in painting and sculpture has long been considered as one of the primary elements of the composition Picture Quote #1

Why must art be static? You look at an abstraction, sculptured or painted, an entirely exciting arrangement of planes, spheres, nuclei, entirely without meaning. It would be perfect but it is always still. The next step in sculpture is motion Picture Quote #1

These days I am obsessed by sculpture! I believe I have glimpsed a complete renovation of that mummified art Picture Quote #1

I never studied sculpture, engineering or architecture. In fact, after college I applied to seven art schools and was rejected by all seven Picture Quote #1

This building is like a book. Its architecture is the binding, its text is in the glass and sculpture Picture Quote #1

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Painting and sculpture are very archaic forms. It’s the only thing left in our industrial society where an individual alone can make something with not just his own hands, but brains, imagination, heart maybe (Sculpture Quotes) Well, I never studied design and I went to art school to study art, you know, sculpture and things like that, and ended up making things like sculpture and started making chairs and jewelry together and that’s how I started (Sculpture Quotes) I really don’t have a theme when I start a sculpture. The rock guides me to the final sculpture. I think that is true for many creative sculpture artists (Sculpture Quotes) So, in other words, how you respond to a sculpture, how a viewer sees the sculpture, is vital (Sculpture Quotes) Sculpture occupies real space like we do... you walk around it and relate to it almost as another person or another object (Sculpture Quotes) 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 (Sculpture Quotes) When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past, thus reinforcing political and social values that are no longer with us (Sculpture Quotes) Music is a means capable of expressing dark dramatism and pure rapture, suffering and ecstasy, fiery and cold fury, melancholy and wild merriment – and the subtlest nuances and interplay of these feelings which words are powerless to express and which are unattainable in painting and sculpture (Sculpture Quotes) All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer. art is an action against death. It is a denial of death (Sculpture Quotes) Man is really not freeing many aspects. He is dependent on his social circumstances, but he is free in his thinking, and here is the point of origin of sculpture. For me the formation of the thought is already sculpture. The thought is sculpture (Sculpture Quotes) To accuse me of making sensations is the easiest way of attacking me, and in reality leaves the question of sculpture untouched (Sculpture Quotes) Architects, painters, and sculptors must recognize anew and learn to grasp the composite character of a building both as an entity and in its separate parts. Only then will their work be imbued with the architectonic spirit which it has lost as salon art. Together let us desire, conceive, and create the new structure of the future, which will embrace architecture and sculpture and painting in one unity and which will one day rise toward heaven from the hands of a million workers like the crystal symbol of a new faith (Sculpture Quotes) There are things that music can do that language could never do, that painting could never do, or sculpture. Music is capable of going directly to the source of the mystery. It doesn’t have to explain it. It can simply celebrate it (Sculpture Quotes) Painting is so poetic, while sculpture is more logical and scientific and makes you worry about gravity (Sculpture Quotes) She put out her hand and touched his forearm, as she would have touched some piece of porcelain or sculpture, just for the sheer animal pleasure of feeling its shape and curve beneath her fingertips (Sculpture Quotes) A piece of sculpture can have a hole through it and not be weakened if the hole is of a studied size, shape, and direction (Sculpture Quotes) The essence of sculpture is for me the perception of space, the continuum of our existence (Sculpture Quotes) The viewer becomes aware of himself and of his movement through the plaza. As he moves, the sculpture changes. Contraction and expansion of the sculpture result from the viewer’s movement. Step by step the perception not only of the sculpture but of the entire environment changes (Sculpture Quotes) I almost feel like its an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure. I don’t want to paint the same painting again. I don’t want to make the same sculpture again. Why shouldnt a big movie studio be able to make those small independent kinds of pictures? Why not change it up? (Sculpture Quotes) The ultimate aim of all artistic activity is building!... Architects, sculptors, painters, we must all get back to craft!... The artist is a heightened manifestation of the craftsman... Let us form... a new guild of craftsmen without the class divisions that set out to raise an arrogant barrier between craftsmen and artists!... Let us together create the new building of the future which will be all in one: architecture and sculpture and painting (Sculpture Quotes) When words such as painting and sculpture are used, they connote a whole tradition and imply a consequent acceptance of this tradition, thus placing limitations on the artist who would be reluctant to make art that goes beyond the limitations (Sculpture Quotes) I have tried to get close to the frontier between architecture and sculpture and to understand architecture as an art (Sculpture Quotes) All art should have a certain mystery and should make demands on the spectator. Giving a sculpture or a drawing too explicit a title takes away part of that mystery so that the spectator moves on to the next object, making no effort to ponder the meaning of what he has just seen. Everyone thinks that he or she looks but they don’t really, you know (Sculpture Quotes) Where did I learn to understand sculpture? In the woods by looking at the trees, along roads by observing the formation of clouds, in the studio by studying the model, everywhere except in the schools (Sculpture Quotes) A mobile is an abstract sculpture made chiefly out of sheet metal, steel rods, wire and wood. Some or all of these elements move, propelled by electric motors, wind, water or by hand (Sculpture Quotes) The sense of motion in painting and sculpture has long been considered as one of the primary elements of the composition (Sculpture Quotes) Why must art be static? You look at an abstraction, sculptured or painted, an entirely exciting arrangement of planes, spheres, nuclei, entirely without meaning. It would be perfect but it is always still. The next step in sculpture is motion (Sculpture Quotes) These days I am obsessed by sculpture! I believe I have glimpsed a complete renovation of that mummified art (Sculpture Quotes) I never studied sculpture, engineering or architecture. In fact, after college I applied to seven art schools and was rejected by all seven (Sculpture Quotes) This building is like a book. Its architecture is the binding, its text is in the glass and sculpture (Sculpture Quotes)

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