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1907–1975

Fritz Wotruba (April 23, 1907 in Vienna – August 28, 1975 in Vienna) was an Austrian sculptor of Czecho-Hungarian descent. He was considered one of the most notable sculptors of the 20th century in Austria.

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The search continues for the absolute model-form which shall do justice to every dimension without loss of inner force.

The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings (1977)

The hardness and immobility of material gave me more satisfaction tan true-to-life representations.

The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings (1977)

The material is destined, in the end, to remain a mere auxiliary, just good enough to enable stammering to become speech.

The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings (1977)

The power and force of stone reside in its mass, its weight, and its density.

The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings (1977)

Every magnitude, every dimension, requires a new configuration.

The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings (1977)

Measures, weights, proportions move and change in expression and meaning.

The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings (1977)

What nevertheless subsists is the desire of an absolute ideal form, a form which can adapt itself to any setting and to any scale.

The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings (1977)

There are laws which the stone imposes upon us.

The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings (1977)

At the present time the artists stands alone.. ..no ideology can be of help to him.

The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings (1977)

Culture can flourish only under the protection of a society with aristocratic characteristics.

The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings (1977)

A good piece of art must combine barbarism and culture: two unique elements...

The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings (1977)

Only a distinctive individual can produce great art. Great art is synonymous with anonymous art.

The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings (1977)

I am concerned with the figure.. .Equilibrium, unity.

The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings (1977)

Solidity, rigidity, what did not yield to the pressure of the hand attracted me.

The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings (1977)

Further working along the lines of experiments of 1954 [toward rounded forms and columnar figures], I executed the 'Figure with upraised arms' as the crucifix for a Parish church in Salzburg.

The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings (1977)

Stone is the only true material for the sculptor. All others, tin, iron bars, tin cans and coiled springs are merely poor substitutes

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