Ruth Asawa Quotes

• When you put a seed in the ground, it doesn't stop growing after eight hours. It keeps going every minute that it's in the earth. We, too, need to keep growing every moment of every day that we are on this earth.

  Ruth Asawa

  Eight, Needs, Growing

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• The best ideas come unexpectedly from a conversation or a common activity like watering the garden. These can get lost or slip away if not acted on when they occur.

  Ruth Asawa

  Garden, Ideas, Common

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• Art is doing. Art deals directly with life.

  Ruth Asawa

  Art, Art Is, Deals

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• All my wire sculptures come from the same loop. And theres only one way to do it. The idea is to do it simply, and you end up with a shape.

  Ruth Asawa

  Ideas, Wire, Sculpture

  Daniell Cornell, Ruth Asawa (2006). “The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air”, University of California Press

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• Sometimes good comes through adversity. I would not be who I am today had it not been for the internment, and I like who I am.

  Ruth Asawa

  Adversity, Who I Am, Today

  "The Irrationality of Love and Art" by George Heymont, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 16, 2011.

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• Art can only be taught by artists.

  Ruth Asawa

  Art, Artist, Taught

  Daniell Cornell, Ruth Asawa (2006). “The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air”, University of California Press

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• If a nonartist teaches a subject called art, it is nonart.

  Ruth Asawa

  Art, Teach, Subjects

  Daniell Cornell, Ruth Asawa (2006). “The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air”, University of California Press

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