Fritz Wotruba Quotes

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  

✵ 23. April 1907 – 28. August 1975
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Famous Fritz Wotruba Quotes

“There are laws which the stone imposes upon us.”

Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 46.

“The material is destined, in the end, to remain a mere auxiliary, just good enough to enable stammering to become speech.”

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.

“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.

Fritz Wotruba Quotes

“What nevertheless subsists is the desire of an absolute ideal form, a form which can adapt itself to any setting and to any scale.”

Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 7.

“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.

“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.

“The hardness and immobility of material gave me more satisfaction tan true-to-life representations.”

Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 9.

“Stone is the only true material for the sculptor. All others, tin, iron bars, tin cans and coiled springs are merely poor substitutes”

Source: 'Sculpture of Rotterdam', ed. Jan van Adrichem / Jelle Bouwhuis / Mariëtte Dulle, Center for the Art, 010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 2002, p. 198.

“A good piece of art must combine barbarism and culture: two unique elements…”

Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 52.

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