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Constantin Brancusi Quotes

What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things, Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

There hasn’t been any art yet. Art is just beginning Picture Quote #1

Nothing grows well in the shade of a big tree Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action Picture Quote #1

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Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them Picture Quote #1

To see far is one thing, going there is another Picture Quote #1

When you see a fish you don’t think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water... If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement, give a pattern or shape of reality. I want just the flash of its spirit Picture Quote #1

Create like a God, command like a king, work like a slave Picture Quote #1

Simplicity is complexity resolved Picture Quote #1

Nothing can grow under big trees Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

The work of art expresses precisely those things which do not die. It must do so, however, in a form that bears witness to the artist’s own era Picture Quote #1

In art, one does not aim for simplicity; one achieves it unintentionally as one gets closer to the real meaning of things Picture Quote #1

What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

... That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things Picture Quote #1

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The function of art is to make that understood which in the form of argument would be incomprehensible Picture Quote #1

When you see a fish you don’t think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water... If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement, give a pattern or shape of reality. I want just the flash of its spirit Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one’s self by entering into the real sense of things Picture Quote #1

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What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things, (Constantin Brancusi Quotes) 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 Quotes) There hasn’t been any art yet. Art is just beginning (Constantin Brancusi Quotes) Nothing grows well in the shade of a big tree (Constantin Brancusi Quotes) 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 Quotes) Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action (Constantin Brancusi Quotes) Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them (Constantin Brancusi Quotes) To see far is one thing, going there is another (Constantin Brancusi Quotes) When you see a fish you don’t think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water... If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement, give a pattern or shape of reality. I want just the flash of its spirit. (Constantin Brancusi Quotes) Create like a God, command like a king, work like a slave (Constantin Brancusi Quotes) Simplicity is complexity resolved (Constantin Brancusi Quotes) Nothing can grow under big trees (Constantin Brancusi Quotes) 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 Quotes) The work of art expresses precisely those things which do not die. It must do so, however, in a form that bears witness to the artist’s own era (Constantin Brancusi Quotes) In art, one does not aim for simplicity; one achieves it unintentionally as one gets closer to the real meaning of things (Constantin Brancusi Quotes) What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things (Constantin Brancusi Quotes) 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 Brancusi Quotes) ... 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 Quotes) The function of art is to make that understood which in the form of argument would be incomprehensible (Constantin Brancusi Quotes) When you see a fish you don’t think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water... If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement, give a pattern or shape of reality. I want just the flash of its spirit (Constantin Brancusi Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes)