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Constantin Brâncuși Quotes

1876–1957 France

Constantin Brâncuși (February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957) was a Romanian-born sculptor, painter, and photographer who made his career in France. His art emphasizes clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art.

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Also known as: Brancusi

Random Constantin Brâncuși quote

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All my life l have sought the essence of flight. Flight — what bliss.

Like everything else I've ever done, there was a furious struggle to rise heavenward.

Brâncuși cited in: Finley Eversole (2009)

Work like a slave; command like a king; create like a god.

Don't look for mysteries. I give you pure joy.

There are idiots who define my work as abstract; yet what they call abstract is what is most realistic. What is real is not the appearance, but the idea, the essence of things.

I ground matter to find the continuous line. And when I realized I could not find it, I stopped, as if an unseen someone had slapped my hands.

When we are no longer young we are already dead

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Constantin Brâncuși (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.