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The marble index of a mind forever
Voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.
The marble index of a mind forever
Voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.
So stands the statue that enchants the world,
So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,
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So stands the statue that enchants the world,
So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,
The mingled beauties of exulting Greece.
There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, read more
There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, and architecture is art you can walk through
All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found read more
All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer. art is an action against death. It is a denial of death.
The stone unhewn and cold
Becomes a living mould,
The more the marble wastes
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The stone unhewn and cold
Becomes a living mould,
The more the marble wastes
The more the statue grows.
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
Then marble, soften'd into life, grew warm.
Then marble, soften'd into life, grew warm.
The scupltor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common
observer of life and nature.
The scupltor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common
observer of life and nature.
I did my sculpture as a painter. I did not work as a sculptor.
I did my sculpture as a painter. I did not work as a sculptor.