Steel is such a nice material to use. It can move. It's terribly easy, you just stick it or you cut it off, and bang! you're there: it's so direct. I think Manet was very direct, he didn't prepare his canvases like Courbet, he just put paint straight on and it's very like that with steel.
Early One Morning takes time and, I mean, all things like that I felt were very important. - Anthony Caro
Early One Morning takes time and, I mean, all things like that I felt were very important.
- Anthony Caro
I would like to continue being radical. As you get older, some of the world catches up and it's passed you. In the '60s you were on the crest of a wa… - Anthony Caro
I would like to continue being radical. As you get older, some of the world catches up and it's passed you. In the '60s you were on the crest of a wa…
Steel is such a nice material to use. It can move. It's terribly easy, you just stick it or you cut it off, and bang! you're there: it's so direct. I… - Anthony Caro
Steel is such a nice material to use. It can move. It's terribly easy, you just stick it or you cut it off, and bang! you're there: it's so direct. I…
Scale is very, very important, like the scale of a person is very important. It's to do with the size of our space, the fact they are big sculptures,… - Anthony Caro
Scale is very, very important, like the scale of a person is very important. It's to do with the size of our space, the fact they are big sculptures,…
Let the work speak for itself. - Anthony Caro
Let the work speak for itself.
Art comes from art: I remember going to the Matisse show and seeing how Matisse had taken one of his own paintings, worked from it and transformed it… - Anthony Caro
Art comes from art: I remember going to the Matisse show and seeing how Matisse had taken one of his own paintings, worked from it and transformed it…
So, in other words, how you respond to a sculpture, how a viewer sees the sculpture, is vital. - Anthony Caro
So, in other words, how you respond to a sculpture, how a viewer sees the sculpture, is vital.
But I don't think that sculpture belongs in everyday life like a table does, or like a chair. - Anthony Caro
But I don't think that sculpture belongs in everyday life like a table does, or like a chair.
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