Jacob Epstein quotes
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“To accuse me of making sensations is the easiest way of attacking me, and in reality leaves the question of sculpture untouched.”
-- Jacob EpsteinSource : Jacob Epstein, (2013). “Let There Be Sculpture”, p.33, Read Books Ltd
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“Why dont they stick to murder and leave art to us?”
-- Jacob EpsteinSource : Telegram sent to the Warden of New College, Oxford, on hearing of Kruscher's derogatory remarks on his 'Lazarus' in the College chapel
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“To think of abstraction as an end in itself is undoubtedly letting oneself be led into a cul-de-sac and can only lead to exhaustion and impotence.”
-- Jacob EpsteinSource : Jacob Epstein, (2013). “Let There Be Sculpture”, p.55, Read Books Ltd
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“The artist is the world's scapegoat.”
-- Jacob EpsteinSource : Jacob Epstein, (2013). “Let There Be Sculpture”, p.221, Read Books Ltd
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“When I was doing Professor Albert Einstein's bust he had many a jibe at the Nazi professors, one hundred of whom had condemned his theory of relativity in a book. 'Were I wrong,' he said, 'one professor would have been enough.”
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“I cannot recall a period when I did not draw; and at school, the studies that were distasteful to me, mathematics and grammar , were retarded by the indulgence of teachers who were proud of my drawing faculties, and passed over my neglect of uncongenial subjects.”
-- Jacob EpsteinSource : Jacob Epstein, (2013). “Let There Be Sculpture”, p.10, Read Books Ltd
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“A sculptor is supposed to be a dull dog anyway, so why should he not break out in colour sometimes, and in my case I'd as soon be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.”
-- Jacob EpsteinSource : Jacob Epstein, (2013). “Let There Be Sculpture”, p.151, Read Books Ltd
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“The artist who imagines that he puts his best into a portrait in order to produce something good, which will be a pleasure to the sitter and to himself, will have some bitter experiences.”
-- Jacob EpsteinSource : Jacob Epstein, (2013). “Let There Be Sculpture”, p.39, Read Books Ltd
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“There are infinite modes of expression in the world of art, and to insist that only by one road can the artist attain his ends is to limit him.”
-- Jacob EpsteinSource : Jacob Epstein, (2013). “Let There Be Sculpture”, p.22, Read Books Ltd
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“A wife, a lover, can perhaps never see what the artist sees. They rarely ever do. Perhaps a really mediocre artist has more chance of success.”
-- Jacob Epstein
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