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

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

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 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

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