Malvina Hoffman Quotes:

to give life to sculpture I found it must have a pulse, a breathing quality that could change in a flash, and it must never appear static, hard, or unrevealing. All these demands formed themslves in my thoughts, and became like an endless obsession.

source: - Malvina Hoffman (1965). “Yesterday is Tomorrow: A Personal History”, New York : Crown Publishers

Topics: Art, Breathing, Giving

Sculpture is a parable in three dimensions, a symbol of a spiritual experience, and a means of conveying truth by concentrating its essence into visible form. ... It must be the reflection of the artist who creates it and of the era in which he lives, not an echo or a memory of other days and other ways.

source: - Malvina Hoffman (1939). “Sculpture inside and out”

Topics: Spiritual, Art, Memories, Conveying, Parables

If one of God's children finds he cannot see or feel life in other terms than those of form, if he tries to escape and live outside of this obsession and fails, he generally calls himself a sculptor.

source: - Malvina Hoffman (1939). “Sculpture inside and out”

Topics: Art, Children, Trying

Sculpture may be almost anything: a monument, a statue, an old coin, a bas-relief, a portrait bust, a lifelong struggle against heavy odds.

source: - Malvina Hoffman (1939). “Sculpture inside and out”

Topics: Art, Struggle, Odds

[Slogan of her 'Trouble Bureau' for needy artists and musicians:] Happiness is a change of trouble.

Topics: Happiness, Artist, Musician