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Sculpture should walk on the tips of its toes, unostentatious, unpretentious, and light… — Jean Arp

Autobiography and memoir

Sculpture should walk on the tips of its toes, unostentatious, unpretentious, and light as the spoor of an animal in snow.

In the original German

Die Skulptur sollte auf den Zehenspitzen laufen, unauffällig, unprätentiös und leicht wie der Spoor eines Tieres im Schnee.

Jean Arp
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Arp, Jean. Arp on Arp: Poems, Essays, Memories, edited by Marcel Jean. Viking Press, 1972, p. 327.

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