Ruth Asawa
Ruth Asawa
Ruth Aiko Asawawas an American sculptor. Known in San Francisco as the "fountain lady", her work is included in prominent art collections such as those of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. She was a driving force behind the creation of the San Francisco School of the Arts, which was renamed the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts in 2010 in tribute to her...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSculptor
Date of Birth24 January 1926
CountryUnited States of America
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.
Sculpture is like farming. If you just keep at it, you can get quite a lot done.
Art is doing. Art deals directly with life.
If a nonartist teaches a subject called art, it is nonart.
Art can only be taught by artists.
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.
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.
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.