Author: Martin Puryear

Quotes

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

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

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

- Martin Puryear

I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting.

I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting.

- 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

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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