Sculpture Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “Giacometti knows that space is a cancer on being, and eats everything; to sculpt, for him, is to take the fat off space, he compresses space, so as to drain off its exteriority.”

Jean-Paul Sartre

Space Cancer, Artistic Compression, Being Reflection, Sculpture, Philosophy, Existence

2. “Speaking of August Rodin: He raised his world above us in an immense arc, and made it a part of nature.”

Rainer Maria Rilke

Art, Sculpture, Nature, Perspective, Creativity, Rodin

3. “Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.”

Michelangelo

Carving, Sculpture, Technique, Art, Simplicity, Focus

4. “The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.”

Michelangelo

Sculpture, Art, Creation, Marble, Potential, Craftsmanship

5. “Painting and sculpture, labour and good faith, have been my ruin and I continually go from bad to worse. Better it would have been for me if I had set myself to making matches in my youth. I should not be in such distress of mind.”

Michelangelo

Artistic Struggle, Reflective Regret, Emotional Turmoil, Painting, Sculpture, Labour

6. “Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.”

Michelangelo

Artistic Realism, Blending Mediums, Painting’s Depth, Painting, Sculpture, Realism

7. “Sculpture is made by taking away, while painting is made by adding.”

Michelangelo

Creative Contrast, Art Forms, Sculpture, Painting, Add, Take

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