"I think of moving as a kind of…" — Martin Puryear

"I think of moving as a kind of saving grace."

— Martin Puryear

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14 Quotes by Martin Puryear

Martin Puryear has 14 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The site I landed on feels much more isolated than it really is; it's almost magical. Within its limited radius,…
At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a…
Although idea and form are ultimately paramount in my work, so too are chance, accident, and rawness.
I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting.
The most precise work is generally done by hand, with hand tools. Some people rely on machines for their precision,…
The work is flowing from an inner knowing of how things really are.
I was never interested in making cool, distilled, pure objects.
I’m interested in vernacular cultures, where people lived a little closer to the source of materials and the making of…
When I went to Africa I think that was when I really found a way to deal with what I…
There remains this belief that the work itself can have an identity that can speak, whether it's through beauty, or…
There is the potential for much more spontaneity with prints than there is with the sculpture, which tends to be…
The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility.

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More Grace Quotes

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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider. — Saint Augustine
I'm certainly not opposed to digital technology, whose graces I daily enjoy and rely on in so many ways. But… — Diane Ackerman
I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace.… — Teresa of Avila
In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of… — Teresa of Avila
Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces… — Teresa of Avila
Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone… — Drew Barrymore
Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God. — Karl Barth
God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses. — Henry Ward Beecher
Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately. — Saul Bellow
My favorite albumn ever is Jeff Buckley's GRACE. I feel a weird unexplainable connection to him. — Rachel Bilson

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