We used to make patterns in the dirt, hanging our feet off the horse-drawn farm equipment. We made endless hourglass figures that I now see as the forms within forms in my crocheted wire sculptures.
More Quotes by Ruth Asawa
I laugh with the sun, and mist that tries so hard to seduce the mountains.
An artist is not special. An artist is an ordinary person who can take ordinary things and make them special.
I am able to take a wire line and go into the air and define the air without stealing from anyone. A line can enclose and define space while letting the air remain air.
Activism is wasteful.
An artist looks at a juice bottle, an egg carton, or a newspaper and sees something valuable in them.
Sculpture is like farming. If you just keep at it, you can get quite a lot done.