David Smith Quote

I now know that sculpture is made from rough externals by rough characters or men who have passed through all polish and are back to the rough again.
The mystic modeling clay in only Ohio mud, the tools are at hand in garages and factories. Casting can be achieved in almost every town.


'Tradition and Identity' (1959)


I now know that sculpture is made from rough externals by rough characters or men who have passed through all polish and are back to the rough again. ...

I now know that sculpture is made from rough externals by rough characters or men who have passed through all polish and are back to the rough again. ...

I now know that sculpture is made from rough externals by rough characters or men who have passed through all polish and are back to the rough again. ...

I now know that sculpture is made from rough externals by rough characters or men who have passed through all polish and are back to the rough again. ...