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

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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

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Citation

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

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