Fritz Wotruba: Quotes about art

Fritz Wotruba was Austrian sculptor (23 April 1907, Vienna – 28 August 1975, Vienna). Explore interesting quotes on art.
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“Only a distinctive individual can produce great art. Great art is synonymous with anonymous art.”

Fritz Wotruba

Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 73.

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“My desire to work is not stimulated by the classical proportions of Greek architecture, but by functional silos and hangars... The confusion of places, cluttered with art and culture chokes my inspiration. What stimulates and interests me is the natural noise of a busy city, and the practical lay-out of a harbor or factory which has come into being without consideration of any aesthetic principles.”

Fritz Wotruba

Quote from 'Private Notebooks of Fritz Wotruba'; transl. Peter Foges & Haakon Chevalier – Neuchatel, Editions du Griffion, 1961.

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

Fritz Wotruba

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

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