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It is a matter of harmonizing these movements, thus arriving at a new possibility for beauty.

— Alexander Calder It Shall Move - On Mobile Sculptures (1932)

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The various objects of the universe may be constant, at times, but their reciprocal relationships always vary.

It Shall Move - On Mobile Sculptures (1932)

The sense of motion in painting and sculpture has long been considered as one of the primary elements of the composition.

Statement from Modern Painting and Sculpture (1933)

Fernand Léger's film, 'Ballet Mecanique' is the result of the desire for a picture in motion.

Statement from Modern Painting and Sculpture (1933)

The aesthetic value of these objects cannot be arrived at by reasoning. Familiarization is necessary.

Statement from Modern Painting and Sculpture (1933)

As truly serious art must follow the greater laws, and not only appearances, I try to put all the elements in motion in my mobile sculptures.

It Shall Move - On Mobile Sculptures (1932)

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Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil.

Democritus Freeman (1948)

True beauty dwells in deep retreats,
Whose veil is unremoved
Till heart with heart in concord beats,
And the lover is beloved.

William Wordsworth

The great artists are the ones who dare to entitle to beauty things so natural that when they're seen afterward, people say: Why did I never realize before that this too was beautiful?

André Gide The Immoralist (1902)

Beauty itself doth of itself persuade
The eyes of men without an orator.

William Shakespeare The Rape of Lucrece (1594)

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