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Quotes by Sculptor

"To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature."

"To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature."

Auguste Rodin, French Sculptor

Nature, Artist, Ugly

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"The secret of art is love."

"The secret of art is love."

Antoine Bourdelle, French Sculptor

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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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"At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture."

"At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture."

Martin Puryear, American Sculptor

Art, Building, Sculpture

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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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"True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure."

"True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure."

Auguste Rodin, French Sculptor

Man, Men, Work, Artists, Pleasure

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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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"In art, the only one who really knows whether what you've done is honest is the artist."

"In art, the only one who really knows whether what you've done is honest is the artist."

Bruce Nauman, American Sculptor

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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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"But if you can find that spot - I suppose it's like running - I used to be a swimmer and swim laps, and you just have to be there with what you're doing."

"But if you can find that spot - I suppose it's like running - I used to be a swimmer and swim laps, and you just have to be there with what you're doing."

Bruce Nauman, American Sculptor

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"Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history; it is eternal, and can be looked upon with joy by the people of all ages."

"Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history; it is eternal, and can be looked upon with joy by the people of all ages."

Auguste Rodin, French Sculptor

History, People, Joy, Man

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"And so I put down some of the things that he said, about keeping your tools sharpened and not letting them lie on the ground where they get hurt or get abused and dirty and can't find them. And some thoughts about how his father used to do things."

"And so I put down some of the things that he said, about keeping your tools sharpened and not letting them lie on the ground where they get hurt or get abused and dirty and can't find them. And some thoughts about how his father used to do things."

Bruce Nauman, American Sculptor

Family, Father, Lie, Thoughts, Hurt

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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

"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

"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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