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 More Quotes by Alexander Calder More Quotes From Alexander Calder The underlying sense of form in my work has been the system of the Universe, or part thereof. For that is a rather large model to work from. Alexander Calder models form art You see nature and then you try to emulate it. Alexander Calder emulate nature trying My fingers always seem busier than my mind. Alexander Calder fingers mind art I have been making wire jewelry - and think I'll really do something with it, eventually. Alexander Calder jewelry wire thinking I paint with shapes. Alexander Calder paint shapes art