There hasn't been any art yet. Art is ju... by Constantin Brancusi | We Heart Quotes

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

- Constantin Brancusi

Other quotes by Constantin Brancusi

Work

They are imbeciles who call my work abstract. That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things.

- 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

What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface.

- Constantin Brancusi

Eyes Water Body Want

When you see a fish you don't think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water... If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement, give a pattern or shape of reality. I want just the flash of its spirit.

- Constantin Brancusi

God Work

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

- Constantin Brancusi

Architecture

Architecture is inhabited sculpture.

- Constantin Brancusi

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