Sculpture should walk on the tips of its toes, unostentatious, unpretentious, and light as the spoor of an animal in snow.

Die Skulptur sollte auf den Zehenspitzen laufen, unauffällig, unprätentiös und leicht wie der Spoor eines Tieres im Schnee.

Jean Arp

More information about this quote

Topic

Sculpture Art

Speaker

Jean Arp

Source

Arp on Arp: Poems, Essays, Memories

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

German

Time

20th century

Occupation

Artist

From

France Europe

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Arp, Jean. Arp on Arp: Poems, Essays, Memories, edited by Marcel Jean. Viking Press, 1972, p. 327.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Jean Arp about sculpture: “Sculpture should walk on the tips of its toes, unostentatious, unpretentious, and…”
Download
A quote by Jean Arp about sculpture: “Sculpture should walk on the tips of its toes, unostentatious, unpretentious, and…”
Download
A quote by Jean Arp about sculpture: “Sculpture should walk on the tips of its toes, unostentatious, unpretentious, and…”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote about Art

Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as a mediator between this strange hostile world and us, a way of seizing the power by giving form to our terrors as well as our desires.

Pablo Picasso

More information about this quote
Topic
Painting Art
Speaker
Pablo Picasso
Time
1964 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Picasso, Pablo. Quoted in Life with Picasso, written by Francoise Gilot and Carlton Lake. McGraw-Hill, 1964, pt. 6.

Another quote originally in German

The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.

Karl Marx

The Communist Manifesto

Buy The Communist Manifesto at Amazon Buy The Communist Manifesto at Amazon
Read The Communist Manifesto at marxists.org
More information about this quote
Topic
Revolution Class conflict Oppression Politics

Author

Karl Marx
Source
The Communist Manifesto
Medium
Pamphlet
Genre
Political literature Economic literature
Language
German
Time
1848 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels [published anonymously]. Manifest der kommunistischen Partei [Manifesto of the Communist Party]. London: Gedruckt in der Office der Bildungs-Gesellschaft für Arbeiter, 1848.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto, translated by Samuel Moore and Friedrich Engels. Penguin Classics, 2002.