35 Quotes by Constantin Brancusi

When we are no longer children we are already dead

When you see a fish you don't think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water. Well, I've tried to express just that. If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement, give a pattern or shape of reality. I want just the flash of its spirits.

Work like a slave; order like a king; create like a god.

Ceea ce legi tu aici pe pământ - se leagă şi în ceruri.

There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning.

To see far is one thing, going there is another.

When you see a fish you don't think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water... If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement, give a pattern or shape of reality. I want just the flash of its spirit.

Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave.

Don't look for obscure formulas or mystery in my work. It is pure joy that I offer you. Look at my sculptures until you see them. Those closest to God have seen them.