Giacomo Balla Professions : Painter Born : July 18, 1871 Died : March 1, 1958 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Giacomo Balla Indeed, all things move, all things run, all things are rapidly changing. A profile is never motionless before our eyes, but it constantly appears and disappears. On account of the persistency of an image upon the retina, moving objects constantly multiply themselves; their form changes like rapid vibrations, in their mad career. Thus a running horse has not four legs, but twenty, and their movements are triangular. Giacomo Balla horse running moving We shall find the abstract equivalent for all forms & elements in the universe, then we shall combine them in sculptural constructions according to the mood of our inspiration. Giacomo Balla construction elements inspiration And we [The Futurist artists] must invent dynamic designs to go with them and express them in equally dynamic shapes: triangles, cones, spirals, ellipses, circles, etc. Giacomo Balla triangles design circles They did not want anything to do with me in Paris and they were right: they have gone much further than I, but I will work and I too will progress. Giacomo Balla paris progress gone Similar Authors Barry McGee painter Brion Gysin painter Bridget Riley painter Boris Vallejo painter Allan Kaprow painter Augustus John painter All Authors
