The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility. — Martin Puryear Copy Share
I’m interested in vernacular cultures, where people lived a little closer to the source of materials and the making of objects for use. And… — Martin Puryear Copy Share
At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make… — Martin Puryear Copy Share
The site I landed on feels much more isolated than it really is; it's almost magical. Within its limited radius, there was a whole… — Martin Puryear Copy Share
There remains this belief that the work itself can have an identity that can speak, whether it's through beauty, or through ugliness, or whatever… — Martin Puryear Copy Share
I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting. — Martin Puryear Copy Share
I felt it was part of the spirit of the whole program to do more than simply make an object. — Martin Puryear Copy Share
The most precise work is generally done by hand, with hand tools. Some people rely on machines for their precision, and my way of… — Martin Puryear Copy Share
There is the potential for much more spontaneity with prints than there is with the sculpture, which tends to be very slow, accretive kind… — Martin Puryear Copy Share
When I went to Africa I think that was when I really found a way to deal with what I had recently discovered; in… — Martin Puryear Copy Share
Although idea and form are ultimately paramount in my work, so too are chance, accident, and rawness. — Martin Puryear Copy Share
