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The basis of everything I do is the universe.


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If you can imagine a thing, conjure it up in space then you can make it... The universe is real but you can't see it. You have to imagine it. Then you can be realistic about reproducing it.

If you can imagine a thing, conjure it up in space then you can make it... The universe is real but you can't see it. You have to imagine it. Then you can be realistic about reproducing it.



To most people who look at a mobile, it's no more than a series of flat objects that move. To a few, though, it may be poetry.

To most people who look at a mobile, it's no more than a series of flat objects that move. To a few, though, it may be poetry.



Just as one can compose colors, or forms, so one can compose motions.

Just as one can compose colors, or forms, so one can compose motions.



When everything goes right a mobile is a piece of poetry that dances with the joy of life and surprise!

When everything goes right a mobile is a piece of poetry that dances with the joy of life and surprise!



Above all, art should be fun.

Above all, art should be fun.



To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect.

To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect.



The universe is real, but you can't see it. You have to imagine it.

The universe is real, but you can't see it. You have to imagine it.



My fan mail is enormous. Everyone is under six.

My fan mail is enormous. Everyone is under six.



About my method of work: first it’s the state of mind—Elation (joy).

About my method of work: first it’s the state of mind—Elation (joy).



My whole theory about art is the disparity that exists between form, masses and movement.

My whole theory about art is the disparity that exists between form, masses and movement.





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To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.

To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.




In a statement to the Associated Press earlier in the year, Jamie Lynn said she didn’t have a boyfriend. She said, ‘I’m keeping my options open.’ And by options, she meant legs.

In a statement to the Associated Press earlier in the year, Jamie Lynn said she didn’t have a boyfriend. She said, ‘I’m keeping my options open.’ And by options, she meant legs.



I'm coming 'round to the view that there's only a personal view of the world.

I'm coming 'round to the view that there's only a personal view of the world.



For man is essentially alone, and one should pity him and love him and grieve with him.

For man is essentially alone, and one should pity him and love him and grieve with him.



I assume I have the lowest blood pressure of any candidate.

I assume I have the lowest blood pressure of any candidate.



There was no one color that could paint Lena Duchannes. She was a red sweater and a blue sky, a gray wind and a silver sparrow, a black curl escaping from behind her ear.

There was no one color that could paint Lena Duchannes. She was a red sweater and a blue sky, a gray wind and a silver sparrow, a black curl escaping from behind her ear.



On the bright side," Percy said, "both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up.

On the bright side," Percy said, "both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up.



Try to love others and serve others and hopefully find those who love and serve you in return.

Try to love others and serve others and hopefully find those who love and serve you in return.



Wine is not discovered but made: it is an artifact that can be appraised that can be appraised aesthetically

Wine is not discovered but made: it is an artifact that can be appraised that can be appraised aesthetically




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