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Quotes by Sculptor

"Generalised anger and frustration is something that gets you in the studio, and gets you to work - though it's not necessarily evident in anything that's finished."

"Generalised anger and frustration is something that gets you in the studio, and gets you to work - though it's not necessarily evident in anything that's finished."

Bruce Nauman, American Sculptor

Anger, Work, Frustration

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"Once the object has been constructed, I have a tendency to discover in it, transformed and displaced, images, impressions, facts which have deeply moved me."

"Once the object has been constructed, I have a tendency to discover in it, transformed and displaced, images, impressions, facts which have deeply moved me."

Alberto Giacometti, Swiss Sculptor

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"The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living."

"The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living."

Harry Bertoia, Italian Sculptor

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"The early expression of my youth was filled with all the aspects of art."

"The early expression of my youth was filled with all the aspects of art."

Felix de Weldon, American Sculptor

Art, Expression, Youth

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"My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light."

"My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light."

Dan Flavin, American Sculptor

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"I see no reason why I should tickle stones or waste time on polishing bronze."

"I see no reason why I should tickle stones or waste time on polishing bronze."

Louise Berliawsky Nevelson, American Sculptor

Time, Reason, Waste

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"Each work has its own space, which should neither be conceived as a sort of cage nor regarded as extending to infinity."

"Each work has its own space, which should neither be conceived as a sort of cage nor regarded as extending to infinity."

Marino Marini, Italian Sculptor

Work, Infinity, Space

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"The freer that women become, the freer men will be. Because when you enslave someone, you are enslaved."

"The freer that women become, the freer men will be. Because when you enslave someone, you are enslaved."

Louise Berliawsky Nevelson, American Sculptor

Man, Men, Women, Will

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"To me art is a form of manifest revolt, total and complete."

"To me art is a form of manifest revolt, total and complete."

Jean Tinguely, Swiss Sculptor

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"To describe and explain my ideas is to lose them."

"To describe and explain my ideas is to lose them."

Marino Marini, Italian Sculptor

Creativity, Ideas

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"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."

"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."

Jacques Lipchitz, Polish Sculptor

Life, Art, Death, Action

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"Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you are an artist."

"Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you are an artist."

Jacques Lipchitz, Polish Sculptor

Nature, Work, Artist

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"One has complexes. One has the art complex. One goes to the School of Fine Arts and catches the complexes."

"One has complexes. One has the art complex. One goes to the School of Fine Arts and catches the complexes."

Jean Tinguely, Swiss Sculptor

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"Cubism is like standing at a certain point on a mountain and looking around. If you go higher, things will look different; if you go lower, again they will look different. It is a point of view."

"Cubism is like standing at a certain point on a mountain and looking around. If you go higher, things will look different; if you go lower, again they will look different. It is a point of view."

Jacques Lipchitz, Polish Sculptor

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"The secret of art is love."

"The secret of art is love."

Antoine Bourdelle, French Sculptor

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"Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it."

"Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it."

Claes Oldenburg, Swedish Sculptor

Death, Chicago, Elegance

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"My approach to my subjects was very simple. I never had them pose, we just talked about everything in the world."

"My approach to my subjects was very simple. I never had them pose, we just talked about everything in the world."

Jo Davidson, American Sculptor

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