The next step in sculpture is motion. Alexander Calder More Quotes by Alexander Calder More Quotes From Alexander Calder To most people who look at a mobile, it's no more than a series of flat objects that move. To a few, though, it may be poetry. Alexander Calder people art moving If you can imagine a thing, conjure it up in space then you can make it... The universe is real but you can't see it. You have to imagine it. Then you can be realistic about reproducing it. Alexander Calder imagine space real When everything goes right a mobile is a piece of poetry that dances with the joy of life and surprise! Alexander Calder pieces surprise joy Just as one can compose colors, or forms, so one can compose motions. Alexander Calder form color art Above all, art should be fun. Alexander Calder scrapbooking fun art Why must art be static? You look at an abstraction, sculptured or painted, an entirely exciting arrangement of planes, spheres, nuclei, entirely without meaning. It would be perfect but it is always still. The next step in sculpture is motion. Alexander Calder next-steps perfect art To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect. Alexander Calder perfect mean art The universe is real, but you can't see it. You have to imagine it. Alexander Calder imagine universe real The trouble with a lot of artists today is that they have too much technique and equipment. They don't know what to do with it all. If you cut down on it, you can work more strongly within narrower limits. Alexander Calder cutting artist success My fan mail is enormous. Everyone is under six. Alexander Calder six mail fans About my method of work: first it’s the state of mind—Elation (joy). Alexander Calder elation mind joy My whole theory about art is the disparity that exists between form, masses and movement. Alexander Calder movement form art The basis of everything I do is the universe. Alexander Calder bases universe I love red so much, I almost want to paint everything red. Alexander Calder red color want When an artist explains what he is doing, he usually has to do one of two things: either scrap what he has explained, or make his work fit in with the explanation. Alexander Calder fit artist two The sense of motion in painting and sculpture has long been considered as one of the primary elements of the composition. Alexander Calder sculpture elements long The simplest forms in the universe are the sphere and the circle. I represent them by disks and then I vary them... spheres of different sizes, densities, colours and volumes, floating in space, traversing clouds, sprays of water, currents of air, viscosities and odours - of the greatest variety and disparity. Alexander Calder circles air clouds The first inspiration I ever had was the cosmos, the planetary system. Alexander Calder cosmos inspiration firsts A mobile is an abstract sculpture made chiefly out of sheet metal, steel rods, wire and wood. Some or all of these elements move, propelled by electric motors, wind, water or by hand. Alexander Calder electric-motors hands moving That others grasp what I have in mind seems unessential, at least as long as they have something else in theirs. Alexander Calder seems mind long
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