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Constantin Brâncuși
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“There are idiots who define my work as abstract; yet what they call abstract is what is most realistic. What is real is not the appearance, but the idea, the essence of things.”
Constantin Brâncuși (1876–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I ground matter to find the continuous line. And when I realized I could not find it, I stopped, as if an unseen someone had slapped my hands.”
Constantin Brâncuși (1876–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Work like a slave; command like a king; create like a god.”
Constantin Brâncuși (1876–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All my life l have sought the essence of flight. Flight — what bliss.”
Constantin Brâncuși (1876–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Brâncuși cited in: Des Moines Art Center, Terry Ann R. Neff (1998) An Uncommon Vision. p. 66
“When we are no longer young we are already dead”
Constantin Brâncuși (1876–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed to Brâncuși in: Rene Dubot So Human an Animal: How We Are Shaped by Surroundings and Events. 1998, p. 112
“Don't look for mysteries. I give you pure joy.”
Constantin Brâncuși (1876–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Brâncuși cited in: Horst Woldemar Janson, Anthony F. Janson (2004) History of Art: The Western Tradition.
“Like everything else I've ever done, there was a furious struggle to rise heavenward.”
Constantin Brâncuși (1876–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Brâncuși cited in: Finley Eversole (2009) Art and Spiritual Transformation. p. 329