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title: "1 Material Original Quotes By Isamu Noguchi"
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> [For me it is the direct contact of artist to material which is original, and it is the earth and his contact to it which will free him of the artificiality of the present and his dependence on industrial products.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isamu-noguchi/for-me-it-is-the-direct-contact-of-artist-to-material-which-is/)

[Isamu Noguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isamu-noguchi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca5/isamu-noguchi-25815_art_for-me-it-is-the-direct-contact-of-artis_623895.png)

## More by Isamu Noguchi

> [Everything is sculpture. Any material, any idea without hindrance born into space, I consider sculpture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isamu-noguchi/everything-is-sculpture-any-material-any-idea-without-hindrance-born/)

[Isamu Noguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isamu-noguchi/)

> [To order space is to give it meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isamu-noguchi/to-order-space-is-to-give-it-meaning/)

[Isamu Noguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isamu-noguchi/)

> [For me it is the direct contact of artist to material which is original, and it is the earth and his contact to it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isamu-noguchi/for-me-it-is-the-direct-contact-of-artist-to-material-which-is/)

[Isamu Noguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isamu-noguchi/)

> [When the time came for me to work with larger spaces, I conceived them as gardens, not as sites with objects but as relationships…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isamu-noguchi/when-the-time-came-for-me-to-work-with-larger-spaces-i-conceived-them/)

[Isamu Noguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isamu-noguchi/)

> [You can find out how to do something and then do it or do something and then find out what you did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isamu-noguchi/you-can-find-out-how-to-do-something-and-then-do-it-or-do-something/)

[Isamu Noguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isamu-noguchi/)

> [When an artist stops being a child, he stops being an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isamu-noguchi/when-an-artist-stops-being-a-child-he-stops-being-an-artist/)

[Isamu Noguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isamu-noguchi/)

> [Brancusi made me realize that what I had learned previously — the quick ways of doing things — was all wrong... It is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isamu-noguchi/brancusi-made-me-realize-that-what-i-had-learned-previously-the-quick/)

[Isamu Noguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isamu-noguchi/)

> [The attractions of ceramics lie partly in its contradictions. It is both difficult and easy, with an element beyond our control. It is both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isamu-noguchi/the-attractions-of-ceramics-lie-partly-in-its-contradictions-it-is/)

[Isamu Noguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isamu-noguchi/)

> [I am always learning, always discovering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isamu-noguchi/i-am-always-learning-always-discovering/)

[Isamu Noguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isamu-noguchi/)

> [It is said that stone is the affection of old men. That may be so. It is the most challenging to work. A dialogue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isamu-noguchi/it-is-said-that-stone-is-the-affection-of-old-men-that-may-be-so-it/)

[Isamu Noguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isamu-noguchi/)

> [In my work, I wanted something irreducible, an absence of the gimmicky and clever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isamu-noguchi/in-my-work-i-wanted-something-irreducible-an-absence-of-the-gimmicky/)

[Isamu Noguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isamu-noguchi/)

> [Brancusi made me realise that what I had learned previously - the quick ways of doing things - was all wrong. It is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isamu-noguchi/brancusi-made-me-realise-that-what-i-had-learned-previously-the-quick/)

[Isamu Noguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isamu-noguchi/)

> [Appreciate the moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isamu-noguchi/appreciate-the-moment/)

[Isamu Noguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isamu-noguchi/)

> [Art should become as one with its surroundings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isamu-noguchi/art-should-become-as-one-with-its-surroundings/)

[Isamu Noguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isamu-noguchi/)

> [It is weight that gives meaning to weightlessness...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isamu-noguchi/it-is-weight-that-gives-meaning-to-weightlessness/)

[Isamu Noguchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isamu-noguchi/)

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