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Shimon Peres, Minister of Foreign Affairs, The State of Israel, April 28, 1993: |
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"Judaism, from ancient times, forbid us the use of images and likenesses in our art. But this prohibition gave us license to plunge to the depths and soar to the heights - in pursuit of artistic truth. We were forbidden to content ourselves with all that is material, external, and superficial - thus opening us to the profound and the sublime. The sculptural works of Ezra Orion are an original, prototypical creation - so characteristic of the daring of this gifted artist. The idea of sketching sculptural figures in the solar system is the product of artistic audacity; the result of the compulsion to wrestle with nature; the outgrowth of creative accomplishments on earth." |
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 Shimon Peres |
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