Simplicity is not an objective in art, b... by Constantin Brancusi | We Heart Quotes

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Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one's self by entering into the real sense of things.

- Constantin Brancusi

Other quotes by Constantin Brancusi

Mind

Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them.

- Constantin Brancusi

Joy God Work

Don't look for obscure formulas or mystery in my work. It is pure joy that I offer you. Look at my sculptures until you see them. Those closest to God have seen them.

- Constantin Brancusi

Value Action

Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action.

- Constantin Brancusi

God Work

Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave.

- Constantin Brancusi

Art

There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning.

- Constantin Brancusi

Architecture

Architecture is inhabited sculpture.

- Constantin Brancusi

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