Never think of the surface except as an extension of a volume.

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.

If what we are doing isn't enough for you, I need you to tell me now.

In Braille you write your flat sign first and then your note.

Our losses have reached an intolerable level. The enemy air force played a decisive role in inflicting these high losses.

If you give your mess to the Messiah, He can turn it into a message.

The real opportunity is to harness the inventive power of the world to locally design and produce solutions to local problems.

I ended up realizing that NASA was unlikely to get me into space, or get me to the moon or beyond, and I needed some other way to drive this.

The love of freedom has been the quality of Western man.

If I'm not writing a thing, depression might be looming.

Widow. The word consumes itself.

Worship strengthens you. It gives you a sense of God's presence and ultimately His protection and provision.