David Smith

Person · Open Library

Born

1906

Died

1965

Works

38

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1969-08-06

Active to

2003-10-21

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

1,746

Total plays

8,829

Born in Philadelphia, David was introduced to music and musical culture at a young age.His families' home was a congregating place for a number of artists and musicians and David would often fall asleep the sounds of music and voices emanating from the downstairs. Growing up he studied piano and guitar and spent hours listening to his father's extensive record collection. Eventually his interest turned toward songwriting. He wrote the material for and fronted several popular bands before creati

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Quotes

• “I would like to make sculpture that would rise from water and tower in the air- that carried conviction and vision that had not existed before..”
• “I want sculpture to show the wonder of man, that flowing water, rocks, cloudsvegetation have for the man in peace who glories in existence.. .Its existence will be its statement”
• “It will say that in peace we have time that a man has vision, has been fed, has worked....That hands and minds and tools and material made a symbol to the elevation of vision”
• “this vision cannot be of a single mind – a single concept, it is a small tooth in the gear of man....which to each man, one at a time, offers a marvel of close communion”
• “Gravitation is the only logical factor a sculptor has to contend with.”
• “An arrogant independence to create is my only motivation.”

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Wikidata facts

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