Energy Quote by Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

I think that any sculpture is a response to its environment. It can be brought to life or put to sleep by the environment.

— Andy Goldsworthy

In many ways my paintings are about energy — both in how they are created and the image itself.

— James Rosenquist

to give life to sculpture I found it must have a pulse, a breathing quality that could change in a flash, and it must…

— Malvina Hoffman

At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make…

— Martin Puryear

My sculpture thrives in the context of the city, interacting with people in the course of their daily lives.

— Janet Echelman

Nature seemed to me full of wonders, and I wanted to steep myself in them. Every stone, every plant, every single thing seemed alive…

— Carl Jung

Whenever I am embraced by land and seascape I draw ideas for new sculptures; new forms to touch and walk around, new people to…

— Barbara Hepworth

My monumental netted sculptural environments move through time, animated by an ever-changing 'wind choreography,' making invisible air currents suddenly visible to the human eye.…

— Janet Echelman

Sculpture is an art of the open air. Daylight, sunlight, is necessary to it, and for me, its best setting and complement is nature.

— Henry Moore

The essence of sculpture is for me the perception of space, the continuum of our existence.

— Isamu Noguchi

Shape and color are my two strong things. And by doing this, drawing plants has always led me into my paintings and my sculptures.

— Ellsworth Kelly

Sculptures permit me to create real volume One can touch the forms, one can give them smoothness, the sensuality that one wants.

— Fernando Botero