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

Create what you feel. Create what you have never seen. Just create.'''
 * '''Create what you see.
 * 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

Undeniably, art is not optional.
 * Art makes better humans, art is necessary in understanding the world and art makes people happy.
 * 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