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Sophie Taeuber-Arp
6 quotes
“Elementary Forms in a Vertical-Horizontal Composition / Formes élémentaires en composition verticale-horizontale”
Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943) first seen 1917 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: title of her work, 1917 - gouache, (29 x 24 cm). Stiftung Hans Arp und Sophie Taeuber-Arp e.V., Rolandswerth, inv. 003.550
“Composition in Dense, Polychrome, Quadrangular Spots / Composition en taches quadrangulaires, polychromes, denses”
Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943) first seen 1921 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: title of her work, 1921
“I very much enjoyed working on the drawing, so much so that I made a whole series of small watercolors that I can use at any time for application on embroidered purses, pillows, rugs and wall hangings.”
Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943) first seen 1922 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in a letter to her sister Erika Schlegel, 22 February, 1922; from: Today is Tomorrow, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, ed. Thomas Schmutz; Aargauer Kunsthaus, and Zurich: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2014, p. 221
“..the wish to produce beautiful things — when that wish is true and profound — falls together with [man's] striving for perfection.”
Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943) first seen 1922 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Taeuber-Arp's article 'Remarks on the Instruction of Ornamental Design', in 'Bulletin de Tunion suisse des mattresses professionelles et menageres/ Korrespondenzblott' (Zurich), Jahrg. 14, no. 11 / 12 (Dec. 31 , 1922…
“The intrinsic decorative urge should not be eradicated. It is one of humankind's deep-rooted, primordial urges. Primitive people decorated their implements and cult objects with a desire to beautify and enhance.. ..it is a sense emanating from the urge for perfection and creative accomplishment.”
Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943) first seen 1927 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of 1927, on The Artstory: 'Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss Multi-media, applied arts, performance artist, and textile designer'
“I think I have spoken enough to you about serious things; which is why I speak [now] of something to which I attribute great value, still too little appreciated — gaiety. It is gaiety, basically, that allows us to have no fear before the problems of life and to find a natural solution to them.”
Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943) first seen 1937 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter of Taeuber-Arp, 1937, to a goddaughter on the occasion of her confirmation; as quoted in Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Carolyn Lanchner; Museum of Modern Art, 1981, p. 18 ISBN 0870705989