What did Alexander Calder mean by: About my method of work: first it’s the state of mind—Elation (joy). - Alexander Calder Sculptor · USA Copy
+ The first inspiration I ever had was the cosmos, the planetary system. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alexander Calder, Cosmos, Inspiration, 0 - Alexander Calder Sculptor · USA
+ You see nature and then you try to emulate it. Feraz Zeid, August 14, 2023December 12, 2023, Alexander Calder, Nature, 0 - Alexander Calder Sculptor · USA
+ To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there’s no such thing as perfect. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alexander Calder, Art, Perfect, 0 - Alexander Calder Sculptor · USA
+ My whole theory about art is the disparity that exists between form, masses and movement. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alexander Calder, Art, Form, Movement, 0 - Alexander Calder Sculptor · USA
+ The basis of everything I do is the universe. Feraz Zeid, November 6, 2023December 26, 2023, Alexander Calder, Bases, Universe, 0 - Alexander Calder Sculptor · USA
+ The universe is real, but you can’t see it. You have to imagine it. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alexander Calder, Imagine, Universe, 0 - Alexander Calder Sculptor · USA
+ Just as one can compose colors, or forms, so one can compose motions. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alexander Calder, Art, Color, Form, 0 - Alexander Calder Sculptor · USA
The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Art made by the people for the people, as a joy to the maker and the user. - William Morris Designer · England
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
I didn’t mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. - Michael Leunig Cartoonist · Australia