"As when, O lady mine, With chiselled touch, The stone unhewn and cold, Becomes a living mould, The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows."
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"Some of the most beautiful bird calls are cries of distress and fear....these sculptures are a way for me to express my cry."
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"Where are the forms the sculptor's soul hath seized? In him alone, Can nature show as fair?"
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"I had no place to put anything. I would give my sculpture away because I had no place to put it."
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"I'll bet there are a lot of artists that nobody hears about who just make more money than anybody. The people that do all the sculptures and paintings for big building construction. We never hear about them, but they make more money than anybody."
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"I lay there silently, hoarding my small dignity. I did not ask about the gate or the closet. I did not question the bedtime ritual where, on the cold bathroom tiles, I was spread out daily and examined for flaws. I did not know that my bones, those solids, those pieces of sculpture would not splinter."
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"The god or hero of the sculptor is always represented in a transition from that which is representable to the senses, to that which is not."
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"Never yet could I find that a black had uttered a thought above the level of plain narration; never saw even an elemental trait of painting or sculpture."
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"I write dozens and dozens of pages more than I need, and then edit them down to size. It's more like sculpture than construction."
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"Within my heart is carved a sculpture of your love."
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"I paint - I tend more to abstraction - but not as much as I would like to because of time. I would love to do sculpture - I've toyed with the idea of fitting in a sculpture course."
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"A good sculpture can be rolled downhill without breaking."
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