All the arts are based on the senses. What they do for the person who practices them, and also the persons interested in them, is make that particular sense more active and more acute.

I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.

To be an artist is to believe in life.

One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it.

If I set out to sculpt a standing man and it becomes a lying woman, I know I am making art.

Art is the expression of imagination, not the reproduction of reality.

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.

The important thing is somehow to begin.

In my opinion, everything, every shape, every bit of natural form, animals, people, pebbles, shells, anything you like are all things that can help you to make a sculpture.

A sculptor is a person obsessed with the form and the shape of things, and it's not just Ihe shape of any one thing, but the shape of any thing and everything.

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and] knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working only by formula, and feeds inspiration.

To recognize untruth as a condition of life--that certainly means resisting accustomed value feelings in a dangerous way

The intellectual support for UNBELIEF is about as stable as the stock market.

If truth be told, I came away ‘almost’ believing in their existence. (Author Nikki B. on 'ORPHANS - Time is running out' by Ian Dewar)

I love reviews. Anybody who tells you they don't read reviews is a liar.

Like all power spots, it needs to be treated with respect.

I am 26 and, and I don't recover as fast as I have in the past.

It's difficult isn't it, when you're in a Mosque and everyone's praying and you really enjoy leapfrog.

The development of Africa will not happen without the effective participation of women. Our forefathers' image of women must be buried once for all.

You know, the Internet's made us more aware of what people think about us.

The best paradoxes raise questions about what kinds of contradictions can occur-what species of impossibilities are possible.