Carolina QuotesBecause the scope of the sculptor's subject remains so limited, we must be careful to concentrate as much meaning or emotion as possible in the few forms that remain at our disposal. [c. 1960]
Ossip Zadkine Connected to the Carolinas
Source
p. 153
- work
- Dialogues – conversations with.., quotes, c. 1960
- year
- 1960
- locator
- p. 153
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“Because the scope of the sculptor's subject remains so limit…” Ossip Zadkine. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-31DB76568D. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/31db76568d
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