Anthony Caro (1924-2013)

"I have been trying to eliminate references and make truly abstract sculpture, composing the parts of the pieces like notes in music. Just as a succession of these make up a melody or sonata, so I take anonymous units and try to make them cohere in an open way into a sculptural whole. Like music, I would like my sculpture to be the expression of feeling in terms of the material, and like music, I don’t want the entirety of the experience to be given all at once." (A. Caro quoted in W. Rubin, Anthony Caro, exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1975, p. 99)