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I believe that nothing should be taboo - no theory or prejudice should close one's mind to a discovery.

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To know one thing, you must know the opposite.

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The most striking quality common to all primitive art is its intense vitality. It is something made by a people with a direct and immediate response to life.

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A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.

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The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.

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It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.

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Sculpture is an art of the open air. Daylight, sunlight, is necessary to it, and for me, its best setting and complement is nature.

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The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.

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I have no conceit as a writer; in fact, I find it very difficult to start writing about sculpture generally & my aims in particular.

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I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Sculptor

Born: July 30th, 1898

Died: August 31st, 1986

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