"In the studio we use a pretty wide range of materials for the sculptures; silicone, fibreglass, human and animal hair, ABS plastic, dental acrylic, traditional and high-tech plasters, stainless steel, automotive paint, plywood, Britannia metal, found objects and taxidermy animals."

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Source : The Condition report Interview, www.patriciapiccinini.net. 2014.

Patricia Piccinini

#Animal Quotes #Hair Quotes #Found Objects Quotes

“You boys know what tropism is, it's what makes a plant grow toward the light. Everything aspires to the light. You don't have to chase down a fly to get rid of it - you just darken the room, leave a crack of light in a window, and out he goes. Works every time. We all have that instinct, that aspiration. Science can't dim that. All science can do is turn out the false lights so the true light can get us home.”
“There's always one teacher you had a crush on; for me, it's my wife's aerobics instructor.”
“One thing youâ€™ll say for skeletons, theyâ€™ll always give you a smile.”
“I thought that the light-house looked lovely as hope, That star on life's tremulous ocean.”
“People want you to be ordinary.”
“Skateboarding is not a hobby. And it is not a sport. Skateboarding is a way of learning how to redefine the world around you. For most people, when they saw a swimming pool, they thought, â€˜Let's take a swim.' But I thought, â€˜Let's ride it.' When they saw the curb or a street, they would think about driving on it. I would think about the texture. I slowly developed the ability to look at the world through totally different means.”
“The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves.”

Source : Joseph Butler, Stephen L. Darwall (1983). “Five Sermons, Preached at the Rolls Chapel and A Dissertation Upon the Nature of Virtue”, p.47, Hackett Publishing
“That's the hardest thing of all--never to become cynical, never to lose faith, never to become indifferent.”

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