Author: Martin Puryear

Quotes

Although idea and form are ultimately paramount in my work, so too are chance, accident, and rawness.

Although idea and form are ultimately paramount in my work, so too are chance, accident, and rawness.

- Martin Puryear

The work is flowing from an inner knowing of how things really are.

The work is flowing from an inner knowing of how things really are.

- Martin Puryear

I was never interested in making cool, distilled, pure objects.

I was never interested in making cool, distilled, pure objects.

- Martin Puryear

At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture.

At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture.

- Martin Puryear

The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility.

The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility.

- Martin Puryear

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