The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation.

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.

How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart you had to bury?

I thought the invention of mobile phone was to save our time & money, be we are doing exactly the opposite.

Diversity does not simply mean the color of ones akin.

I love to have a laugh. I like to tease people.

You have to be mentally strong to withstand the ridicule of other children and the stares of adults.

I think there is some methodology in my travels.

Looking back now I realise that the worst things that happened to me were the best things in disguise - I just didn’t know how to read the signs.

A little knowledge can go a long way.

What is there of the divine in a load of brick? What ... in a barber shop? ... Much. All.

When I got into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, a doctor told me to give up the course as I'd be totally deaf within a couple of years. But I refused to give in.