Constantin Brâncuși
A Romanian sculptor who made his career in France, considered one of the pioneers of modernism and one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th century.
Quotes by Constantin Brâncuși
The genius of the work of art is in the work itself, not in the explanation.
What is beautiful is moral; what is moral is beautiful.
To see far is one thing, to reach far is another.
The bird in flight is the symbol of freedom.
One must seek the essential, not the superficial.
The material is only a means to express the infinite.
In art, as in life, the path is more important than the destination.
Sculpture is the art of the absent body.
The soul of the stone speaks through the artist's hand.
Do not look for the idea, let it come to you.
The infinite is captured in the finite form.
Art must be direct, without intermediaries.
Life is too short to copy others.
The eye must see the soul before the hand shapes it.
True art is eternal, beyond time.
The column rises like a prayer to the sky.
One carves to reveal, not to invent.
Beauty is the harmony of form and spirit.
The studio is my world, the world is my studio.
Sculpture teaches patience and truth.