Eduardo Chillida quotes

Eduardo Chillida was a renowned Spanish sculptor recognized for his monumental abstract works in iron and stone. His art explored the relationships between space, material, and form, making a lasting impact on 20th-century sculpture. He became widely celebrated for public installations, particularly in his native Basque Country. Here are 9 of his quotes:

In my work, I have never had any use for anything that I have known in advance.

Eduardo Chillida

To look is one thing, to see is another thing; to see is very difficult, normally; to look is to try to see. I have looked and I hope I have seen.

Eduardo Chillida

Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.

Eduardo Chillida

One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.

Eduardo Chillida

The hand has the richest articulation of space.

Eduardo Chillida

Art is that which comes to a man, and stands between himself and an implacable witness: the work.

Eduardo Chillida

What comes from oneself, is nearly from no one. There is only me as a link.

Eduardo Chillida

Whatever I know how to do, I've already done. Therefore I must always do what I do not know how to do.

Eduardo Chillida