Ruth Asawa Quotes

• All my wire sculptures come from the same loop. And theres only one way to do it. The idea is to do it simply, and you end up with a shape.

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  Daniell Cornell, Ruth Asawa (2006). “The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air”, University of California Press

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• The best ideas come unexpectedly from a conversation or a common activity like watering the garden. These can get lost or slip away if not acted on when they occur.

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• When you put a seed in the ground, it doesn't stop growing after eight hours. It keeps going every minute that it's in the earth. We, too, need to keep growing every moment of every day that we are on this earth.

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• Sometimes good comes through adversity. I would not be who I am today had it not been for the internment, and I like who I am.

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  Adversity   Who I Am   Today  

  "The Irrationality of Love and Art" by George Heymont, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 16, 2011.

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• If a nonartist teaches a subject called art, it is nonart.

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  Daniell Cornell, Ruth Asawa (2006). “The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air”, University of California Press

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• Art is doing. Art deals directly with life.

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• Art can only be taught by artists.

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  Daniell Cornell, Ruth Asawa (2006). “The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air”, University of California Press

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