"Architecture is inhabited sculpture." — Constantin Brancusi

"Architecture is inhabited sculpture."

— Constantin Brancusi

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22 Quotes by Constantin Brancusi

Constantin Brancusi has 22 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave.
What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express…
Don't look for obscure formulas or mystery in my work. It is pure joy that I offer you. Look at…
Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action.
Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one's self by entering into the real sense…
When you see a fish you don't think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating,…
To see far is one thing, going there is another.
...That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea,…
I ground matter to find the continuous line. And when I realized I could not find it, I stopped, as…
What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things,
Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them
The function of art is to make that understood which in the form of argument would be incomprehensible.

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I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one. — Luis Barragan
My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience. — Luis Barragan
Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money. — Ambrose Bierce
No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language. — Theodore Bikel
Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat… — Alvar Aalto
We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and… — Alvar Aalto
A picture is worth a thousand words. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split… — Alvar Aalto
The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture... should be a fruit… — Alvar Aalto
I'm somebody who likes codes and ciphers and chases and artwork and architecture, and all the things you find in… — Dan Brown
Washington, D.C., has everything that Rome, Paris and London have in the way of great architecture - great power bases.… — Dan Brown
Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. — Daniel Burnham

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