Constructivism
Some quotes of the constructivist artist Naum Gabo (American, born Russia,
1890-1977).
"We know only what we do, what we make, what we construct; and all that we
make, all that we construct, are realities. I call them images , not in
Plato's sense (namely that they are only reflections of reality), but I hold
that these images are the reality itself and that there is no reality beyond
this reality except when in our creative process we change the images: then
we have created new realities."
"If I were an academician or a believer in a higher reality outside me, as most
people are (lucky creatures!), I would have no need for any justification
for painting landscapes, or portraits, or social realism. I would rely on my
so-called common sense, on which I see and feel, and I would enjoy it. Or I
would fix one point in the distant haze of that unknown reality, would try
to approach it as nearly as I could, and would find solace in the fanatical
belief that I am the only one who is portraying that reality which is the only
truth."
The quotes are taken from: Herbert Read, The Philosophy of Modern Art .