“.. adding Space perception to the perception of Masses, emphasizing it and forming it, we enrich the expression of Mass.... through the contrast between them whereby Mass retains its solidity and Space its extension.”

—  Naum Gabo

Quoted in: 'Naum Gabo, Construction: Stone with a Collar', by Jacky Klein, Aug. 2002; Tate, London http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/gabo-construction-stone-with-a-collar-t06975
1936 - 1977, Sculpture: Carving and Construction in Space' (1937)

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