Art Quotes by Hans Arp

Hans Arp

A painting or sculpture not modelled on any real object is every bit as concrete and sensuous as a leaf or a stone… but it is an incomplete art which privileges the intellect to the detriment of the senses.

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Hans Arp

I did exhibitions with the Surrealists (in Paris, in 1929) because their attitude revolted against ‘art’ and their attitude toward life itself was wise, as was Dada’s.

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Hans Arp

The important thing about Dada, it seems to me, is that Dadaists despised what is commonly regarded as art, but put the whole universe on the lofty throne of art.

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Hans Arp

We attempted perfection; we wanted an object to be without flaw, so we cut the papers with a razor, pasted them down meticulously, but it buckled and was ruined… that is why we decided to tear prewrinkled paper, so that in the finished work of art imperfection would be an integral part, as if at birth death were built in.

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Hans Arp

We do not wish to imitate nature, we do not wish to reproduce. We want to produce. We want to produce the way a plant produces its fruit, not depict. We want to produce directly, not indirectly. Since there is not a trace of abstraction in this art we call it concrete art.

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Art Quotes by Hans Arp

A painting or sculpture not modelled on any real object is every bit as concrete and sensuous as a leaf or a stone… but it is an incomplete art which privileges the intellect to the detriment of the senses.

I did exhibitions with the Surrealists (in Paris, in 1929) because their attitude revolted against ‘art’ and their attitude toward life itself was wise, as was Dada’s.

The important thing about Dada, it seems to me, is that Dadaists despised what is commonly regarded as art, but put the whole universe on the lofty throne of art.

We do not wish to imitate nature, we do not wish to reproduce. We want to produce. We want to produce the way a plant produces its fruit, not depict. We want to produce directly, not indirectly. Since there is not a trace of abstraction in this art we call it concrete art.

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