6 Quotes & Sayings By Constantin Brancusi

Born in 1876, Constantin Brancusi is regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. The son of a Romanian Orthodox priest, Brancusi was born in his father's church. He also studied drawing at the Bucharest School of Fine Arts. His sculptures are made out of wood, stone, and brass, and are considered to be among the most technically perfect works produced by any artist during the first half of the 20th century.

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When we are no longer children we are already dead Constantin Brancusi
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When you see a fish you don't think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water. Well, I've tried to express just that. If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement, give a pattern or shape of reality. I want just the flash of its spirits. Constantin Brancusi
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Architecture is inhabited sculpture. Constantin Brancusi
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Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave. Constantin Brancusi
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There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning. Constantin Brancusi