"To see far is one thing, going there…" — Constantin Brancusi
"To see far is one thing, going there is another."
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Constantin Brancusi
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22 Quotes by Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brancusi has 22 quotes on this site.
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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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...That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea,…
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I ground matter to find the continuous line. And when I realized I could not find it, I stopped, as…
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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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