When an artist explains what he is doing, he usually has to do one of two things: either scrap what he has explained, or make his work fit in with the explanation.
To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect. - Alexander Calder
To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect.
- Alexander Calder
To most people who look at a mobile, it's no more than a series of flat objects that move. To a few, though, it may be poetry. - Alexander Calder
To most people who look at a mobile, it's no more than a series of flat objects that move. To a few, though, it may be poetry.
A mobile is an abstract sculpture made chiefly out of sheet metal, steel rods, wire and wood. Some or all of these elements move, propelled by electr… - Alexander Calder
A mobile is an abstract sculpture made chiefly out of sheet metal, steel rods, wire and wood. Some or all of these elements move, propelled by electr…
Why must art be static? You look at an abstraction, sculptured or painted, an entirely exciting arrangement of planes, spheres, nuclei, entirely with… - Alexander Calder
Why must art be static? You look at an abstraction, sculptured or painted, an entirely exciting arrangement of planes, spheres, nuclei, entirely with…
Above all, art should be fun. - Alexander Calder
Above all, art should be fun.
The simplest forms in the universe are the sphere and the circle. I represent them by disks and then I vary them... spheres of different sizes, densi… - Alexander Calder
The simplest forms in the universe are the sphere and the circle. I represent them by disks and then I vary them... spheres of different sizes, densi…
The universe is real, but you can't see it. You have to imagine it. - Alexander Calder
The universe is real, but you can't see it. You have to imagine it.
Just as one can compose colors, or forms, so one can compose motions. - Alexander Calder
Just as one can compose colors, or forms, so one can compose motions.
About my method of work: first it’s the state of mind—Elation (joy). - Alexander Calder
About my method of work: first it’s the state of mind—Elation (joy).
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