"The fire was followed by a period of……" — Martin Puryear
"The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility."
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14 Quotes by Martin Puryear
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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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I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting.
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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 four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.
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