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> [Art is doing. Art deals directly with life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-asawa/art-is-doing-art-deals-directly-with-life/)

[Ruth Asawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-asawa/)

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## More by Ruth Asawa

> [Activism is wasteful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-asawa/activism-is-wasteful/)

[Ruth Asawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-asawa/)

> [We used to make patterns in the dirt, hanging our feet off the horse-drawn farm equipment. We made endless hourglass figures that I now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-asawa/we-used-to-make-patterns-in-the-dirt-hanging-our-feet-off-the-horse/)

[Ruth Asawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-asawa/)

> [If I hadn't spent all those years staying home with my kids and experimenting with materials that children could use, I would never have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-asawa/if-i-hadn-t-spent-all-those-years-staying-home-with-my-kids-and/)

[Ruth Asawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-asawa/)

> [Sometimes good comes through adversity. I would not be who I am today had it not been for the internment, and I like who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-asawa/sometimes-good-comes-through-adversity-i-would-not-be-who-i-am-today/)

[Ruth Asawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-asawa/)

> [I no longer identify myself as Japanese or American but a 'citizen of the universe.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-asawa/i-no-longer-identify-myself-as-japanese-or-american-but-a-citizen-of/)

[Ruth Asawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-asawa/)

> [I am interested in finding solutions to problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-asawa/i-am-interested-in-finding-solutions-to-problems/)

[Ruth Asawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-asawa/)

> [When you put a seed in the ground, it doesn't stop growing after eight hours. It keeps going every minute that it's in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-asawa/when-you-put-a-seed-in-the-ground-it-doesn-t-stop-growing-after-eight/)

[Ruth Asawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-asawa/)

> [All my wire sculptures come from the same loop. And there's only one way to do it. The idea is to do it simply,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-asawa/all-my-wire-sculptures-come-from-the-same-loop-and-there-s-only-one/)

[Ruth Asawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-asawa/)

> [I had no intentions of going into sculpture but found that sculpture was just an extension of drawing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-asawa/i-had-no-intentions-of-going-into-sculpture-but-found-that-sculpture/)

[Ruth Asawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-asawa/)

> [I am able to take a wire line and go into the air and define the air without stealing from anyone. A line can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-asawa/i-am-able-to-take-a-wire-line-and-go-into-the-air-and-define-the-air/)

[Ruth Asawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-asawa/)

> [I'm not so interested in the expression of something, but I'm more interested in what the material can do. And so that's why I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-asawa/i-m-not-so-interested-in-the-expression-of-something-but-i-m-more/)

[Ruth Asawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-asawa/)

> [Art is doing. Art deals directly with life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-asawa/art-is-doing-art-deals-directly-with-life/)

[Ruth Asawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-asawa/)

> [With art, your motor sense should be developed at full capacity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-asawa/with-art-your-motor-sense-should-be-developed-at-full-capacity/)

[Ruth Asawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-asawa/)

> [Art can only be taught by artists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-asawa/art-can-only-be-taught-by-artists/)

[Ruth Asawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-asawa/)

> [I laugh with the sun, and mist that tries so hard to seduce the mountains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-asawa/i-laugh-with-the-sun-and-mist-that-tries-so-hard-to-seduce-the/)

[Ruth Asawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-asawa/)

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