Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Frederick Hart

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American sculptor Frederick Hart.
Last updated on November 22, 2024.
Frederick Hart

Frederick Elliott Hart was an American sculptor. The creator of hundreds of public monuments, private commissions, portraits, and other works of art, Hart is most famous for Ex Nihilo, a part of his Creation Sculptures at Washington National Cathedral, and The Three Servicemen, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Art must touch our lives, our fears and cares โ€“ evoke our dreams and give hope to the darkness. โ€” ยฉ Frederick Hart
Art must touch our lives, our fears and cares โ€“ evoke our dreams and give hope to the darkness.
If art is to flourish in the twenty-first century, it must renew its moral authority by rededicating itself to life. It must be an enriching, ennobling and vital partner in the public pursuit of civilization. It should be a majestic presence in everyday life just as it was in the past.
One senses the figures as passing by the tree line and, caught in the presence of the wall, turning to gaze upon it almost as a vision.
I have not attempted to try to relive or recreate the past; but I have sought guidance from those timeless elements in the past which remain valid and vital to the future ... The purpose of my art is to seek beauty and truth, and to explore and glorify the human being and the universe.
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