Essentials Quote by David Batchelor

Materials are very important to me, and always have been.

— Patricia Piccinini

For me, working on original material is very important.

— Jack Reynor

Most of the work I make uses materials that are a bit outside of the traditional fine art world.

— Patricia Piccinini

I don't like to use expensive materials. I take care to make costs reasonable. It's very similar to the way I make clothes.

— Rei Kawakubo

I work within the limits of what I have and know, simplicity and low impact, natural materials and processes, leaving a delicate footprint.

— David Trubridge

Your fundamental responsibility is to stay true to the deepest nature and intention of the materials.

— David Milch

Bring out the nature of the materials. Let their nature intimately into your scheme.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

— Ovid

Certain materials suggest ideas and ways of working.

— David Batchelor

Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.

— Man Ray

The fact is I'm an opportunist. I'll take materials around me, materials on my table, and work with them as I'm searching for an…

— Frank Gehry

Each material is only what we make it.

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe