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Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave.

~Constantin Brancusi

Topics: Command Create God King Like Slave Work

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Architecture is inhabited sculpture.

~Constantin Brancusi

Topics: Architecture Inhabited Sculpture

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When you see a fish you don't think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water... If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement, give a pattern or shape of reality. I want just the flash of its spirit.

~Constantin Brancusi

Topics: Arrest Body Eyes Fish Flash Flashing Floating Give Just Made Movement Pattern Reality Scales See Seen Shape Speed Spirit Think Through Want Water Would You

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Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action.

~Constantin Brancusi

Topics: Action Counts Patterns Theories Value Without

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What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface.

~Constantin Brancusi

Topics: Anyone Anything Essence Essentially Express Exterior External Form Imitating Impossible Real Surface Things

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They are imbeciles who call my work abstract. That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things.

~Constantin Brancusi

Topics: Abstract Because Call Essence Exterior Idea Most Real Realistic Things Which Who Work

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Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one's self by entering into the real sense of things.

~Constantin Brancusi

Topics: Achieves Art Despite Entering Objective Real Real Sense Self Sense Simplicity Things

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Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them.

~Constantin Brancusi

Topics: Difficult Make Mind Ourselves Putting State Them Things

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To see far is one thing, going there is another.

~Constantin Brancusi

Topics: Another Far Going One Thing See Thing

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Don't look for obscure formulas or mystery in my work. It is pure joy that I offer you. Look at my sculptures until you see them. Those closest to God have seen them.

~Constantin Brancusi

Topics: Closest Formulas God Joy Look Mystery Obscure Offer Pure Pure Joy Sculptures See Seen Them Those Until Work You

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Biography

Nationality: Romanian

Type: Sculptor

Born: February 19th, 1876

Died: March 16th, 1957

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