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What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything esse
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"What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface"

- Constantin Brancusi

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Constantin Brancusi was a Romanian sculptor renowned for his minimalist, abstract style, which frequently explore the significance of points.
The quote implies that truth reality of an object lies not in its exterior look but in its underlying essence, which can not be reproduced with surface replica of its outside kind.

Brancusi believed that real imaginative expression required to capture the essence of things, an idea he described as the "internal experience," which is the essential top quality of an item that can just be viewed through a deep as well as authentic understanding of its being.

He is likewise indicating that there is more to whatever that satisfies the eye, that appearances can be deceptive, which copying the surface reality of an item does refrain from doing it justice. Brancusi challenged traditional artistic techniques of duplicating a subject's outward physical traits as well as changed it with the need to record its significance or spirit.

In recap, Brancusi's quote stresses a spiritual approach to art and challenges artists to look deeper, past the surface area of things to find their necessary nature. He thought that the internal truth of points is real resource of artistic ideas and that only by using that significance can artists develop something absolutely meaningful as well as depictive.

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Constantin Brancusi This quote is written / told by Constantin Brancusi between February 19, 1876 and March 16, 1957. He was a famous Sculptor from Romania. The author also have 10 other quotes.

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