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"Creating
a work of art involves the whole of the artist's being.
Everything that he is and has, everything that he stands
for, is put into that piece of work which he is working
on."
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"I
like bronze best because it's beautiful and indestructible.
It can stand up to thousands of years of exposure. You
first start with wax, which is transient, and by a long,
technical process of moulding and casting, you achieve
the eternity of bronze. It's painstaking but as an artist,
it's wonderful to see something develop out of nothing.
That is what is important about being an artist, not
how much he is paid. It's like teaching. Nothing gives
me greater joy than to watch the progress that a student
makes in class. The materials are totally different
but the ambition is the same: To create something of
lasting value to mankind."
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"Whether
you are working with wood, bronze or marble, you try
to bring it to a particular pitch of perfection. There's
something in every material which is clamouring to
be brought out, but not every artist will bring out
the same quality.
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Michelangelo
saw that there was a David to be liberated from that
hunk of marble. In the creative process, there's a
period of dynamism where there's an active collaboration
between the personality of the artist and the personality
of the material he is using."
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artist's list
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Moonrise, 1985 |
Tree of Life,
1980 |
Banyan Tree,
1996 |
Man in Agony,
1973 |
Family Form,
1997 |
Mockery,1996 |
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