Famous quotes by Sculptors

Small: I will never forget my beautiful days with you in Shanklin, they are certainly the most pleasant ones of my li
"I will never forget my beautiful days with you in Shanklin, they are certainly the most pleasant ones of my life. Look, I have tears in my eyes just to think about it. I am furious to be here, it is the end of happiness for a whole year"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
Small: I tolerate my faults but not at all other peoples
"I tolerate my faults but not at all other people's"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
Small: I have had the problem of seeing my male model go to Italy and... stay there
"I have had the problem of seeing my male model go to Italy and... stay there"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
Small: I dont want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see
"I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
Small: I am scared I dont know what is going to happen to me. What was the point of working so hard and of being tale
"I am scared; I don't know what is going to happen to me. What was the point of working so hard and of being talented, to be rewarded like this? Never a penny, tormented all my life. It is horrible; one cannot imagine it"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
Small: I took all my wax studies and threw them in the fire... thats the way it is when something unpleasant happens
"I took all my wax studies and threw them in the fire... that's the way it is when something unpleasant happens to me. I take my hammer and I squash a figure"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
Small: I have been back in Paris for two weeks. Nothing new. Life is still bitter
"I have been back in Paris for two weeks. Nothing new. Life is still bitter"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
Small: I have all sorts of problems and feel discouraged
"I have all sorts of problems and feel discouraged"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
Small: I am not feeling any better because I cannot stay in bed, having constant cause for walking. They say I leave
"I am not feeling any better because I cannot stay in bed, having constant cause for walking. They say I leave at night by the window of my tower, hanging from a red umbrella with which I set fire to the forest!"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
Small: You see that it is not at all like Rodin... I share these only with you, dont show them
"You see that it is not at all like Rodin... I share these only with you, don't show them"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
Small: You know what black hatred women feel toward me as soon as they see me, until I return inside my shell, they u
"You know what black hatred women feel toward me as soon as they see me, until I return inside my shell, they use every possible weapon. As soon as a generous man tries to help me out, a woman is here to hold his arm and prevent him from acting"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
Small: I would have preferred to be successful here with a piece that cost me a huge amount of money and effort... ra
"I would have preferred to be successful here with a piece that cost me a huge amount of money and effort... rather than sending to Bohemia some ordinary works"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
Small: I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is t
"I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
Small: Dont fear anything for your letters, they are burnt one by one and I hope you do the same with mine
"Don't fear anything for your letters, they are burnt one by one and I hope you do the same with mine"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
Small: 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, Sculptor
Small: I think all great innovations are built on rejections
"I think all great innovations are built on rejections"
Louise Berliawsky Nevelson, Sculptor
Small: A woman may not hit a ball stronger than a man, but it is different. I prize that difference
"A woman may not hit a ball stronger than a man, but it is different. I prize that difference"
Louise Berliawsky Nevelson, Sculptor
Small: What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable
"What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable"
Louise Berliawsky Nevelson, Sculptor
Small: I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outsi
"I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outside, it's a painful, difficult search within"
Louise Berliawsky Nevelson, Sculptor
Small: 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, Sculptor
Small: The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, no
"The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different-to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind and spirit he or she possesses"
John Fischer, Sculptor
Small: I used to eat lunch with Billy Wilder when I first came out here
"I used to eat lunch with Billy Wilder when I first came out here"
Richard Serra, Sculptor
Small: I thought Out of Action was better as a catalogue than the honeycomb because the honeycomb was like walking in
"I thought Out of Action was better as a catalogue than the honeycomb because the honeycomb was like walking into one compartment and then another compartment"
Richard Serra, Sculptor
Small: But what does interest me is the notion that if you do a lot of work it means theres a potential for other peo
"But what does interest me is the notion that if you do a lot of work it means there's a potential for other people to understand that a lot of things are possible with a sustained effort and that the broadening of experiences is possible and I think that's all art can be"
Richard Serra, Sculptor
Small: But I dont think of any particular viewer in mind other than myself
"But I don't think of any particular viewer in mind other than myself"
Richard Serra, Sculptor
Small: You have to make thousands and thousands of drawings before an illustration is perfected
"You have to make thousands and thousands of drawings before an illustration is perfected"
Richard MacDonald, Sculptor
Small: Work out of your work. Dont work out of anybody elses work
"Work out of your work. Don't work out of anybody else's work"
Richard Serra, Sculptor
Small: I felt it was part of the spirit of the whole program to do more than simply make an object
"I felt it was part of the spirit of the whole program to do more than simply make an object"
Martin Puryear, Sculptor
Small: Ive had over a dozen models come in and pose fro me live for these new Cirque pieces. Cirque is a world-wide p
"I've had over a dozen models come in and pose fro me live for these new Cirque pieces. Cirque is a world-wide phenomenon and they are just incredible athletes. I've been to all the performances and am really fascinated by all of their productions"
Richard MacDonald, Sculptor
Small: Im also interested in creating a lasting legacy for collectors because bronze will last for thousands of years
"I'm also interested in creating a lasting legacy for collectors because bronze will last for thousands of years so I'm not really selling the art to this particular collector but it is being passed on"
Richard MacDonald, Sculptor