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I maintain my identity by regular work, there is always labor when inspiration has fled, but inspiration returns quicker when identity and the work stream are maintained.

— David Smith The Fields of David Smith (1999)

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Sculpture is as free as the mind; as complex as life..

Abstract Expressionism (1990)

An arrogant independence to create is my only motivation.

Gravitation is the only logical factor a sculptor has to contend with.

Gradually [late 1920's] the canvas became the base and the painting was a sculpture. [quote, early 1950's]

Abstract Expressionism (1990)

I would like to make sculpture that would rise from water and tower in the air
- that carried conviction and vision that had not existed before..

The Question – What is your Hope (1940)

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