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“I had no intentions of going into sculpture but found that sculpture was just an extension of drawing.” quote by Ruth Asawa — Download Open image

“I had no intentions of going into sculpture but found that sculpture was just an extension of drawing.”

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Activism is wasteful.

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We used to make patterns in the dirt, hanging our feet off the horse-drawn farm equipment. We made endless hourglass figures that I now…

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If I hadn't spent all those years staying home with my kids and experimenting with materials that children could use, I would never have…

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Sometimes good comes through adversity. I would not be who I am today had it not been for the internment, and I like who…

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I no longer identify myself as Japanese or American but a 'citizen of the universe.'

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I am interested in finding solutions to problems.

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When you put a seed in the ground, it doesn't stop growing after eight hours. It keeps going every minute that it's in the…

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All my wire sculptures come from the same loop. And there's only one way to do it. The idea is to do it simply,…

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I am able to take a wire line and go into the air and define the air without stealing from anyone. A line can…

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I'm not so interested in the expression of something, but I'm more interested in what the material can do. And so that's why I…

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Art is doing. Art deals directly with life.

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With art, your motor sense should be developed at full capacity.

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