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Anne Truitt (March 16, 1921 - December 23, 2004) was an influential American sculptor known for her minimalist geometric sculptures. Her work, characterized by its simple shapes and bold color contrasts, had a profound impact on American sculpture in the second half of the 20th century.

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“Artists have no choice but to express their lives. They have only, and that not always, a choice of process. This process does not change the essential content of their work in art, which can only be their life.”

Doe Art Artist Choices Process Essentials Life Choices

Book:Daybook: The Journal of an Artist

Source: Daybook: The Journal of an Artist

“The most demanding part of living a lifetime as an artist is the strict discipline of forcing oneself to work steadfastly along the nerve of one's own intimate sensitivity.”

Artist Discipline Lifetime Oneself Intimate Nerves Strict Sensitivity

Book:Daybook: The Journal of an Artist

Source: Daybook: The Journal of an Artist

“Artists have no choice but to express their lives.”

Book:Daybook: The Journal of an Artist

Source: Daybook: The Journal of an Artist

“artists often lie behind on the field long after the art combine, the broad-bladed harvester of informed criticism, has mowed, bailed, and stored the crop.”

Long Art Lying Artist Behinds Fields Criticism Critics Broads Crops

Book:Daybook: The Journal of an Artist

Source: Daybook: The Journal of an Artist

“the capacity to work feeds on itself and has its own course of development. This is what artists have going for them.”

Artist Courses Work Creativity Development Capacity

Book:Daybook, Turn, Prospect: The Journey of an Artist

Source: Daybook, Turn, Prospect: The Journey of an Artist

“Their [artists'] essential effort is to catapult themselves wholly, without holding back one bit, into a course of action without having any idea where they will end up. They are like riders who gallop into the night, eagerly leaning on their horse's neck, peering into a blinding rain. And they have to do it over and over again.”

Ideas Ends Action Artist Night Courses Bits Effort Creativity Essentials Rain Horse Necks Riders Holding Back Catapults

Book:Daybook: The Journal of an Artist

Source: Daybook: The Journal of an Artist

“There is an appalling amount of mechanical work in the artist's life ... Talent is mysterious, but the qualities that guard, foster, and direct it are not unlike those of a good quartermaster.”

Art Artist Quality Talent Amount Direct Mysterious

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“I never decided at all to be an artist; being an artist seems to have happened to me.”

Seems Artist Happened Decided Being An Artist

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About the Author

Born: March 16, 1921
Died: December 23, 2004
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 36

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