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Constantin Brancusi Quotes

Constantin Brancusi quotes

Romanian Sculptor February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957

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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
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
Constantin Brancusi quote: "Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave."
Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave. Constantin Brancusi
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
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
Constantin Brancusi quote: "There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning."
There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning. Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brancusi quote: "When we are no longer children we are already dead"
When we are no longer children we are already dead Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brancusi quote: "Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting..."
Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them. 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
Constantin Brancusi quote: "Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action."
Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action. Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brancusi quote: "Architecture is inhabited sculpture."
Architecture is inhabited sculpture. Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brancusi quote: "To see far is one thing, going there is another."
To see far is one thing, going there is another. Constantin Brancusi

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