"I realized it wasn't necessary to work in……" — Martin Puryear
"I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting."
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14 Quotes by Martin Puryear
Martin Puryear has 14 quotes on this site.
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The site I landed on feels much more isolated than it really is; it's almost magical. Within its limited radius,…
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At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a…
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Although idea and form are ultimately paramount in my work, so too are chance, accident, and rawness.
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The most precise work is generally done by hand, with hand tools. Some people rely on machines for their precision,…
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The work is flowing from an inner knowing of how things really are.
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I was never interested in making cool, distilled, pure objects.
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I’m interested in vernacular cultures, where people lived a little closer to the source of materials and the making of…
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I think of moving as a kind of saving grace.
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When I went to Africa I think that was when I really found a way to deal with what I…
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There remains this belief that the work itself can have an identity that can speak, whether it's through beauty, or…
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There is the potential for much more spontaneity with prints than there is with the sculpture, which tends to be…
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The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility.
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More Carving Quotes
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one of 72 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction…
— Adrienne Clarkson
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What other sport holds out hope of improvement to a man or a woman over fifty? True, the pros begin…
— John Updike
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She's like a queen, magnificently tall, with a lovely figure, a stately neck, and a face of the most delicate…
— Unknown Author
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Don't die without embracing the daring adventure your life is meant to be. You may go broke. You may experience…
— Steve Pavlina
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Culture is the heritage of us all. some may be more interested than others in the treasures of the past,…
— Unknown Author
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Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement. Other people get a…
— Julia Child
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When she goes about her kitchen duties, chopping, carving, mixing, whisking, she moves with the grace and precision of a…
— Craig Claiborne
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One really ought to be afraid of self-torture. But it tempted me. It begged. The dark place that my mind…
— Marya Hornbacher
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Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and then placing it in the…
— Randolph Bourne
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Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up…
— Graeme Le Saux
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Recently I have been working in the country, where, carving in the open air, I find sculpture more natural than…
— Henry Moore
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Carving is a source of joy to the artist. . . . To attack the raw material, gradually to extract…
— Aristide Maillol
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