"I ground matter to find the continuous line.……" — Constantin Brancusi
"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 slapped my hands."
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Constantin Brancusi
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22 Quotes by Constantin Brancusi
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Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave.
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What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express…
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Don't look for obscure formulas or mystery in my work. It is pure joy that I offer you. Look at…
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Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action.
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Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one's self by entering into the real sense…
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When you see a fish you don't think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating,…
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Architecture is inhabited sculpture.
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To see far is one thing, going there is another.
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...That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea,…
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What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things,
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Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them
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The function of art is to make that understood which in the form of argument would be incomprehensible.
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More Continuous Quotes
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one of 535 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all…
— Teresa of Avila
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I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful.
— David Bailey
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Most of my early records were not cohesive at all, just collections of demos recorded in different years. 'Odelay' was…
— Beck
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I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.
— Aneurin Bevan
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In relativity, movement is continuous, causally determinate and well defined, while in quantum mechanics it is discontinuous, not causally determinate…
— David Bohm
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There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever.…
— Lord Byron
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Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
— Winston Churchill
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In every animal which has not passed the limit of its development, a more frequent and continuous use of any…
— Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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On the whole, at least in the author's experience, the preparation of species-specific antiserum fractions and the differentiation of closely…
— Karl Landsteiner
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He was a parade all by himself, a burst of dazzle and jingle, Santa Claus drinking his whiskey straight and…
— Jimmy Cannon
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Water from a fountain quenches the excessive heat which would destroy this life. Thus water can be called the only…
— Unknown Author
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Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.
— Brian Tracy
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