Alexander Calder
1898 - 1976
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Biography
Alexander Calder was an American sculptor known for inventing the mobile, a type of kinetic sculpture made with delicately balanced or suspended shapes that move in response to touch or air currents. Born in 1898 in Pennsylvania, Calder initially studied mechanical engineering before turning to art. His playful and colorful creations have been exhibited in major museums worldwide, and his innovative approach to sculpture had a significant impact on the development of modern art.
Famous Quotes (5)
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To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect.
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The underlying sense of form in my work has been the system of the Universe, or part thereof.
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I paint with shapes.
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The modern painter cannot express this age, the airplane, the atom bomb, the radio, in the old forms of the Renaissance or of any other past culture.
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I want things to be possible that never were before in sculpture.