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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.

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

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

Art is doing. Art deals directly with life.

Ruth Asawa
Art, Art Is, Deals

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

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.

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

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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