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 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 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

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

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

- Martin Puryear

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

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