Do you know it’s my dream to have my face on Mount Rushmore? – Donald Trump To South Dakota politician Kristi Noem, in conversation about Rushmore in Oval Office.
The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo. – Bayard Taylor
So, in other words, how you respond to a sculpture, how a viewer sees the sculpture, is vital. – Anthony Caro
I really became convinced I wanted to tell the story of the real-life model for the Degas sculpture ‘Little Dancer Aged 14,’ which was unveiled in 1881, the Belle Epoque. – Cathy Marie Buchanan
Some psychiatrist told me I was interested in sculpture because I dealt in flat surfaces and needed something with dimension. – David L. Wolper
I paint – I tend more to abstraction – but not as much as I would like to because of time. I would love to do sculpture – I’ve toyed with the idea of fitting in a sculpture course. – Lily Cole
The thing with sculpture is, 90% of the time, when I pass a piece of sculpture, it’s in public or somewhere, and it’s just, how inconvenient that that’s there. It takes up so much room, and it’s so oppressive. – John Lurie
Take a relief. You draw it, you carve it out. Later you build it up from a flat surface. There is no other way to do a sculpture – you either add or you subtract. – Urs Fischer