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    Sculpture is more divine, and more like Nature,
    That fashions all her works in high relief,
    And that is Sculpture. This vast ball, the Earth,
    Was moulded out of clay, and baked in fire;
    Men, women, and all animals that breathe
    Are statues, and not paintings.

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Then marble, soften'd into life, grew warm.

Then marble, soften'd into life, grew warm.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Sculpture Quotes,
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A sculptor wields
The chisel, and the stricken marble grows
To beauty.

A sculptor wields
The chisel, and the stricken marble grows
To beauty.

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All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found read more

All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer. art is an action against death. It is a denial of death.

by Jacques Lipchitz Found in: Sculpture Quotes,
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And the cold marble leapt to life a God.

And the cold marble leapt to life a God.

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There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, read more

There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, and architecture is art you can walk through

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The marble index of a mind forever
Voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.

The marble index of a mind forever
Voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.

by William Wordsworth Found in: Sculpture Quotes,
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The Paphian Queen to Cnidos made repair
Across the tide to see her image there:
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The Paphian Queen to Cnidos made repair
Across the tide to see her image there:
Then looking up and round the prospect wide,
When did Praxiteles see me thus? she cried.

by Plato Found in: Sculpture Quotes,
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I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

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The scupltor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common
observer of life and nature.

The scupltor does not work for the anatomist, but for the common
observer of life and nature.

by Bayard Ruskin Found in: Sculpture Quotes,
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