Nathan Sawaya

Nathan Sawaya (born July 10, 1973) is an American artist who is best known for making sculptures and large-scale mosaics with Lego building bricks.

Quotes

• Swim against the current!
  Follow your own path!
  Find the courage within!
  • Quote displayed in The Art of the Brick exhibit

• Create what you see.
  Create what you feel.
  Create what you have never seen.
  Just create.
  • Quote displayed in The Art of the Brick exhibit

• I first learned adjectives through School House Rock. I learned how to count to ten through Sesame Street. I learned about gravity through my Slinky. Imagine if a child learns about art history through LEGO!
  • Quote displayed in The Art of the Brick exhibit

• When I was a lawyer, I quickly came to realize I was more comfortable sitting on the floor, creating sculptures than I was sitting in a boardroom, negotiating contracts. My own personal conflicts and fears, coupled with a deep desire for overall happiness, paved the way to becoming a full-time, working artist.
  • Quote displayed in The Art of the Brick exhibit

• This exhibition engages the child in all of us while at the same time highlighting sophisticated and complex concepts. I use LEGO in my art because the toy is accessible. Chances are, you probably don't have a slab of marble or a ceramic kiln at home. But I bet you have some LEGO bricks.
  • Quote displayed in The Art of the Brick exhibit

• Art makes better humans, art is necessary in understanding the world and art makes people happy.
  Undeniably, art is not optional.
  • Quote displayed in The Art of the Brick exhibit

• My favorite subject is the human form. A lot of my work suggests a figure in transition. It represents the metamorphosis I am experiencing in my own life. My pieces grown out of my fears and accomplishments, as a lawyer and as an artist, as a boy and as a man.
  • Quote displayed in The Art of the Brick exhibit

• I carry a sketch pad with me wherever I go. Many of my works center on the phenomena of how everyday life, people and raw emotion are intertwined. I am inspired by my own experiences, the journeys I take and the people I meet.
  • Quote displayed in The Art of the Brick exhibit