Carolina QuotesAs a matter of fact, these attributes are their fate, no longer separate objects they can carry.. ..part of their actual presence. I try to signify this by reorganizing the objective form of such a legendary figure so as to create an allegorical form that is complete in itself, no longer requiring an attribute that must be carried like the German businessman’s briefcase; the lyre becomes part of the poet's presence, its text written all over his body, as if tattooed on his skin. [quote, c. 1960, in France]
Ossip Zadkine Connected to the Carolinas
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p. 153
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- Dialogues – conversations with.., quotes, c. 1960
- year
- 1960
- locator
- p. 153
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