Ossip Zadkine Poems:
Zadkine, although a witness to the great experiments of modern art, has nonetheless retained his independence. going his own way in complete freedom.
He has had no direct disciples, and yet his influence on the development of contemporary sculpture has been decisive.
his fervor, his devotion to art, and the most felicitous of his innovations stand as shining examples to young sculptors everywhere.
The humanism and the lyricism of his art have restored to sculpture its dignity and human resonance.
Ossip Zadkine is a poet of our own time, who has re-awakened the singing voice in stone, wood and bronze, by creating poems of universal scope.
Ionel Jianou, 1964