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I do not often follow its path from a previously conceived drawing. If I have a strong feeling about its start, I do not need to know its end; the ba… - David Smith
" "I do not often follow its path from a previously conceived drawing. If I have a strong feeling about its start, I do not need to know its end; the battle for solution is the most important. If the end of the work seems too complete and final, posing no question, I am apt to work back from the end, that in its finality it poses a question and not a solution.
Sometimes when I start a sculpture I begin with only a realized part; the rest is travel to be unfolded, much in the order of a dream.
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About David Smith
David Smith (March 9, 1906 – May 23, 1965) was an American Abstract Expressionist sculptor best known for creating large steel abstract geometric sculptures.
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David Rowland Smith
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Deṿid Smit
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David Roland Smith
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W Smith
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David RoLand Smith
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David Smith (1906-1965)
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Roland David Smith
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