It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.

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.

... And when the time comes to choose yet another dream, I shall smile knowing that I had a life with no less challenges than others, but I chose to respond to them with love.

We live in an age of mediocrity.

Wealth is power, and power is the only thing about which contemporary culture cares.

The only certainty about following the crowd is that you will all get there together.

People talk about the pain of writing, but very few people talk about the pleasure and satisfaction.

I don’t just kiss people. Kisses aren’t... just with me.

In the presence of death I affirm and reaffirm the truth of all that I have said against the superstitions of the world. I would say that much on the subject with my last breath.

Don't know much about history, don't know much biology, don't know much about a science book, don't know much about the French I took.

You can never solve a financial problem with money. The only way for you to have a larger net worth is for you to go within to see why you are going without.

All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts.