13 Quotes by Anthony Caro

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    But I don't think you really question the work. The work is there, it' s made, it's got it's own character, it's got it's own life and it's left you.

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    Scale is very, very important, like the scale of a person is very important. It’s to do with the size of our space, the fact they are big sculptures, they are still human scale.

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    Steel is such a nice material to use. It can move. It’s terribly easy, you just stick it or you cut it off, and bang! you’re there: it’s so direct. I think Manet was very direct, he didn’t prepare his canvases like Courbet, he just put paint straight on and it’s very like that with steel.

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    But I don’t think that sculpture belongs in everyday life like a table does, or like a chair.

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