All Constantin Brancusi Quotes
- Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave. Art
- 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… Anyone
- 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… Art
- Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action. Action
- Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one's self by entering into the real sense of things. Achieve
- 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… Arrest
- Architecture is inhabited sculpture. Architecture
- To see far is one thing, going there is another. Beautiful
- ...That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things. Abstract
- I ground matter to find the continuous line. And when I realized I could not find it, I stopped, as if an unseen someone had… Continuous
- What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things, Essence
- Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them Difficult
- The function of art is to make that understood which in the form of argument would be incomprehensible. Argument
- Nothing can grow under big trees. Big
- In art, one does not aim for simplicity; one achieves it unintentionally as one gets closer to the real meaning of things. Achieve
- Whoever does not detach himself from the ego never attains the Absolute and never deciphers life. Absolute
- The work of art expresses precisely those things which do not die. It must do so, however, in a form that bears witness to the… Art
- Simplicity is complexity resolved Complexity
- I refused [to study under Rodin] because nothing grows under large trees. Grows
- 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… Abstract
- There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning. Any
- In fiecare zi calcam in picioare pamantul care ne hraneste si in fiecare an trecem nepasatori prin ziua mortii noastre. Care