Martin Puryear quotes

The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility. (Martin Puryear)
Although idea and form are ultimately paramount in my work, so too are chance, accident, and rawness. View quote
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At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture. View quote
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I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting. View quote
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I felt it was part of the spirit of the whole program to do more than simply make an object. View quote
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The work is flowing from an inner knowing of how things really are. View quote
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I think of moving as a kind of saving grace. View quote
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The site I landed on feels much more isolated than it really is; it's almost magical. Within its limited radius, there was a whole range of the local ecology. View quote
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I was never interested in making cool, distilled, pure objects. View quote
Martin Puryear

Martin Puryear

Occupation: American Sculptor
Born: May 23, 1941
Quotes count: 9