Author: Charles Ray

Quotes

I've always been concerned with my sculpture. The drawings I do at night at home to relax. And for a long time, I just gave them to friends or my wife and didn't really show them.

I've always been concerned with my sculpture. The drawings I do at night at home to relax. And for a long time, I just gave them to friends or my wife and didn't really show them.

- Charles Ray

My dad bought us boats. I think he thought sailing was a wholesome way to spend time.

My dad bought us boats. I think he thought sailing was a wholesome way to spend time.

- Charles Ray

I wasn't the class nerd, but I was weird. I could tell long stories and be funny, but I couldn't do sports. And I was always terrified of being held back.

I wasn't the class nerd, but I was weird. I could tell long stories and be funny, but I couldn't do sports. And I was always terrified of being held back.

- Charles Ray

Many of my sculptures take a long time to make.

Many of my sculptures take a long time to make.

- Charles Ray

Being in a room full of my art makes me incredibly nervous because the work always gets damaged when it's shown, and I hate my openings.

Being in a room full of my art makes me incredibly nervous because the work always gets damaged when it's shown, and I hate my openings.

- Charles Ray

I work very slowly.

I work very slowly.

- Charles Ray

'The Pink Lady' rides the Freudian wave. You know, the big lady, the relationship to mom - those things are obviously part of that piece.

'The Pink Lady' rides the Freudian wave. You know, the big lady, the relationship to mom - those things are obviously part of that piece.

- Charles Ray

I love art, but I've never bought an artwork or even considered it.

I love art, but I've never bought an artwork or even considered it.

- Charles Ray

There's something about a toy to a child where the relationship is real, where the kid is playing, and it's just really amazing.

There's something about a toy to a child where the relationship is real, where the kid is playing, and it's just really amazing.

- Charles Ray

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