Yaacov Agam Quotes

Israel, Sculptor
May 11, 1928

Yaacov Agam (Hebrew: יעקב אגם‎; born 11 May 1928) is an Israeli sculptor and experimental artist best known for his contributions to optical and kinetic art.

Also known as Artist

My aim is to show the visible as possibility in a state of perpetual becoming.

Yaacov Agam
My intention was to create a work of art which would transcend the visible, which cannot be perceived except in stages, with the understanding that it is a partial revelation and not the perpetuation of the existing. My aim is to show what can be seen within the limits of possibility which exists in the midst of coming into being.

Yaacov Agam
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- Understanding

There is a childlike side in the work of the Dadaists, Klee, Miró, Calder and Picasso. I am trying to make things that are very, very serious, and what comes out of it is things that are quite friendly, gay, and sometimes even amusing. [Chaim] Soutine tried to work like Rembrandt, and yet there is nothing of Rembrandt in his pictures.

Yaacov Agam
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- Trying
- Serious