Harry Bertoia

“I appreciate a slight yield, a resiliency, a spring, a give. It's a nicer feeling than sitting on a rigid surface.”

“There is a spirit that is in the metal itself, and it is up to the artist to bring it out.”

“Sound is the extension of the form.”

“If you look at these chairs, they are mainly made of air, like sculpture. Space passes right through them.”

“The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living.”

“Man is not important. It is what he is striving for.”

“The chair is a study in space, form and metal.”

“My work is not a message, it is an exploration.”

“In the sculpture, I am concerned with the penetration of space.”

“What is important is the relationship of man to his environment.”

“I think what we should be after is a sense of wholeness.”