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Famous quotes by Sculptors

Sculptors have long been motivated by the beauty of the globe around them, and their work has provided ideas for generations. From Michelangelo to Auguste Rodin, these artists have actually left a heritage of thought-provoking quotes that can assist us to better recognize the innovative process as well as the power of art. Below are some of one of the most motivating quotes from several of the world's most prominent carvers, offering insight right into their imaginative process and also the value of art in our lives.
Small: What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express any
Constantin Brancusi
"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, Sculptor
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Small: You find me at work excuse the dust on my blouse. I sculpt my marble myself
"You find me at work; excuse the dust on my blouse. I sculpt my marble myself"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
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Small: To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, theres no such thing as perfect
"To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect"
Alexander Calder, Sculptor
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Small: True strength is delicate
"True strength is delicate"
Louise Berliawsky Nevelson, Sculptor
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Small: I paint with shapes
"I paint with shapes"
Alexander Calder, Sculptor
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Small: Each work has its own space, which should neither be conceived as a sort of cage nor regarded as extending to
"Each work has its own space, which should neither be conceived as a sort of cage nor regarded as extending to infinity"
Marino Marini, Sculptor
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Small: Architecture is inhabited sculpture
Constantin Brancusi
"Architecture is inhabited sculpture"
Constantin Brancusi, Sculptor
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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
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Small: True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure
Auguste Rodin
"True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure"
Auguste Rodin, Sculptor
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Small: Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it
Claes Oldenburg
"Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it"
Claes Oldenburg, Sculptor
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Small: What this country needs is radicals who will stay that way regardless of the creeping years
"What this country needs is radicals who will stay that way regardless of the creeping years"
John Fischer, Sculptor
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Small: Things are not difficult to make what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them
Constantin Brancusi
"Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them"
Constantin Brancusi, Sculptor
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Small: You promised to take care of me and not to turn your back on me. How is it possible that you never wrote to me
"You promised to take care of me and not to turn your back on me. How is it possible that you never wrote to me even once and you never came back to see me? Do you think that it is fun for me to spend months, even years, without any news, without any hope!"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
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Small: I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been o
"I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
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Small: Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed they are all in Paris to arrange it
"Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
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Small: I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortun
"I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
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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
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Small: Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely
Auguste Rodin
"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely"
Auguste Rodin, Sculptor
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Small: The modes of expression of men of genius differ as much as their souls, and it is impossible to say that in so
Auguste Rodin
"The modes of expression of men of genius differ as much as their souls, and it is impossible to say that in some among them, drawing and color are better or worse than in others"
Auguste Rodin, Sculptor
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Small: Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump
Auguste Rodin
"Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump"
Auguste Rodin, Sculptor
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Small: And certainly the history of public sculpture has been disastrous but that doesnt mean it ought not to continu
"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"
Richard Serra, Sculptor
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Small: All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the a
"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, Sculptor
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Small: I never had a job. I bought my first house within a year of getting out of school, and I built a custom one fo
"I never had a job. I bought my first house within a year of getting out of school, and I built a custom one four and a half years later. The Art Center didn't teach much about business, but I learned a lot from the Fortune 500 companies that were my clients"
Richard MacDonald, Sculptor
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Small: The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility
"The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility"
Martin Puryear, Sculptor
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Small: They are imbeciles who call my work abstract. That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because wha
Constantin Brancusi
"They are imbeciles who call my work abstract. That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things"
Constantin Brancusi, Sculptor
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Small: Dont look for obscure formulas or mystery in my work. It is pure joy that I offer you. Look at my sculptures u
Constantin Brancusi
"Don't look for obscure formulas or mystery in my work. It is pure joy that I offer you. Look at my sculptures until you see them. Those closest to God have seen them"
Constantin Brancusi, Sculptor
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Small: There hasnt been any art yet. Art is just beginning
Constantin Brancusi
"There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning"
Constantin Brancusi, Sculptor
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Small: Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite ones self by entering into the real
Constantin Brancusi
"Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one's self by entering into the real sense of things"
Constantin Brancusi, Sculptor
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Small: Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action
Constantin Brancusi
"Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action"
Constantin Brancusi, Sculptor
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Small: Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave
Constantin Brancusi
"Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave"
Constantin Brancusi, Sculptor
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