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Sculpture is a parable in three dimensions, a symbol of a spiritual experience, and a means of conveying truth by concentrating its essence into visible form.... It must be the reflection of the artist who creates it and of the era in which he lives, not an echo or a memory of other days and other ways.

Malvina Hoffman

If one of God's children finds he cannot see or feel life in other terms than those of form, if he tries to escape and live outside of this obsession and fails, he generally calls himself a sculptor.

Malvina Hoffman

Sculpture may be almost anything: a monument, a statue, an old coin, a bas-relief, a portrait bust, a lifelong struggle against heavy odds.

Malvina Hoffman

To give life to sculpture I found it must have a pulse, a breathing quality that could change in a flash, and it must never appear static, hard, or unrevealing. All these demands formed themslves in my thoughts, and became like an endless obsession.

Malvina Hoffman

Malvina Hoffman

Malvina Hoffman

Born: June 15, 1885

Died: July 10, 1966 (aged 81)

Bio: Malvina Hoffman, was an American sculptor and author, well known for her life-size bronze sculptures of people. She also worked in plaster and marble.

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