Eduardo Chillida Quotes

Spain, Sculptor
January 10, 1924 – August, 19, 2002.

Eduardo Chillida Juantegui, or Eduardo Txillida Juantegi in Basque, (10 January 1924 – 19 August 2002) was a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his monumental abstract works. Born in San Sebastián to the major Pedro Chillida and the soprano Carmen Juantegui on 10 January 1924, Eduardo Chillida grew up near the Biarritz Hotel, which was owned by his grandparents.

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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.

Eduardo Chillida
- Teach
- Inside
- Nobody
One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.

Eduardo Chillida
- Know
- Never
- Lies

Boundaries are actually the main factor in space, just as the present, another boundary, is the main factor in time.

Eduardo Chillida
- Time
- Space
- Present
Whatever I know how to do, I've already done. Therefore I must always do what I do not know how to do.

Eduardo Chillida
- Done
- Know
- Always
In my work, I have never had any use for anything that I have known in advance.

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- Work
- Never
- Advance
What comes from oneself, is nearly from no one. There is only me as a link.

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- Me
- Comes
- Link
Art is that which comes to a man, and stands between himself and an implacable witness: the work.

Eduardo Chillida
- Work
- Art
- Man
The hand has the richest articulation of space.

Eduardo Chillida
- Space
- Hand
- Articulation

To look is one thing, to see is another thing; to see is very difficult, normally; to look is to try to see. I have looked and I hope I have seen.

Eduardo Chillida
- Hope
- Look
- Difficult