Ruth Asawa Quotes

#1. When you put a seed in the ground, it doesn't stop growing after eight hours. It keeps going every minute that it's in the earth. We, too, need to keep growing every moment of every day that we are on this earth.

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#2. Sculpture is like farming. If you just keep at it, you can get quite a lot done.

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#3. If a nonartist teaches a subject called art, it is nonart.

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#4. All my wire sculptures come from the same loop. And there's only one way to do it. The idea is to do it simply, and you end up with a shape.

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#5. The best ideas come unexpectedly from a conversation or a common activity like watering the garden. These can get lost or slip away if not acted on when they occur.

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#6. Art can only be taught by artists.

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#7. Sometimes good comes through adversity. I would not be who I am today had it not been for the internment, and I like who I am.

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#8. Art is doing. Art deals directly with life.

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