Art is a continuous activity with no separation between past and present.

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.

I just want your voice aimed at me again. I want to absorb the direction of your eyes…

Nature always accepts changes and never misses the opportunity to bloom.

Toys? When a man—a dom—said toys, he didn’t mean stuffed animals or baseballs.

I am tapping into a place in you that is unexplored, and very dangerous, but I think essential to the creative life of an artist.

Sometimes you have to forget your principles and do what’s right.

Did you know there's probably more golf played in Iceland than most places in the world? They play 24 hours a day in the summertime and the northern part is warmer than the southern part.

Having a mate has given me that feeling of safety.

If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.

Everything we will ever need, we already have within us.

Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.