Eduardo Chillida
Eduardo Chillida
Eduardo Chillida Juantegui, or Eduardo Txillida Juantegi in Basque,was a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his monumental abstract works...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionSculptor
Date of Birth10 January 1924
CountrySpain
way found teach
Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
sculpture way teach
No one can teach that which is inside another, each person must find it on his own and find a way to express it.
space
The hand has the richest articulation of space.
adventure museums looks
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao looks like a great adventure.
courage men levels
A man´s level of dignity must always be above his level of fear.
drawing know-how knows
I have drawn all my life, I don't know how to live without drawing.
should-have space good-relationship
The qualities that one needs to be a good goalkeeper are exactly the same as to be a good sculptor. In both professions one should have a good relationship with time and space.
links oneself
What comes from oneself is nearly from no one. There is only me as a link.
art men art-is
Art is that which comes to a man, and stands between himself and an implacable witness - the work.
trying looks difficult
To look is one thing, to see is another thing; to see is very difficult, normally; to look is to try to see. I have looked and I hope I have seen.
use known
In my work, I have never had any use for anything that I have known in advance.
lying enough knows
One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
knowledge done know-how
Whatever I know how to do, I've already done. Therefore I must always do what I do not know how to do.
space boundaries factors
Boundaries are actually the main factor in space, just as the present, another boundary, is the main factor in time.