Artist Quotes by Ruth Asawa

Activism is wasteful.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Ruth Asawa

I no longer identify myself as Japanese or American but a 'citizen of the universe.'

— Ruth Asawa

I am interested in finding solutions to problems.

— 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…

— 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,…

— Ruth Asawa

I had no intentions of going into sculpture but found that sculpture was just an extension of drawing.

— 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…

— 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…

— Ruth Asawa

Art is doing. Art deals directly with life.

— Ruth Asawa

With art, your motor sense should be developed at full capacity.

— Ruth Asawa

Art can only be taught by artists.

— Ruth Asawa

I laugh with the sun, and mist that tries so hard to seduce the mountains.

— Ruth Asawa