“There are laws which the stone imposes upon us.”
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 46.
Fritz Wotruba was an Austrian sculptor of Czecho-Hungarian descent. He was considered one of the most notable sculptors of the 20th century in Austria. In his work, he increasingly dissolves figurative components in favor of geometrical abstraction with the shape of the cube as the basic form. Wikipedia
“There are laws which the stone imposes upon us.”
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 46.
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 40.
“Solidity, rigidity, what did not yield to the pressure of the hand attracted me.”
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 88.
Quote from 'Private Notebooks of Fritz Wotruba'; transl. Peter Foges & Haakon Chevalier – Neuchatel, Editions du Griffion, 1961.
circa 1969
Quote of Wotruba in: 'Sculpture of Rotterdam', ed. Jan van Adrichem / Jelle Bouwhuis / Mariëtte Dulle, Center for the Art, 010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 2002, p. 198.
“Only a distinctive individual can produce great art. Great art is synonymous with anonymous art.”
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 73.
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 7.
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 8.
“Culture can flourish only under the protection of a society with aristocratic characteristics.”
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 12.
“At the present time the artists stands alone.... no ideology can be of help to him.”
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 7.
“I am concerned with the figure... Equilibrium, unity.”
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 6.
“Every magnitude, every dimension, requires a new configuration.”
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 10.
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 21.
“Measures, weights, proportions move and change in expression and meaning.”
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 56.
“The power and force of stone reside in its mass, its weight, and its density.”
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 19.
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 9.
Source: 'Sculpture of Rotterdam', ed. Jan van Adrichem / Jelle Bouwhuis / Mariëtte Dulle, Center for the Art, 010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 2002, p. 198.
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 22.
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 29.
“A good piece of art must combine barbarism and culture: two unique elements…”
Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 52.