There’s no retirement for an artist, it’s your way of living so there’s no end to it.
The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.
I think in terms of the day’s resolutions, not the years
I’m very grateful that I was too poor to get to art school until I was 21. … I was old enough when I got there to know how to get something out of it.
I think what has this day brought me and what have I given it?
I think in terms of the day’s resolutions not the year’s.
One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it.
You must always be open to your luck. You cannot force it but you can recognize it.
What’s important is finding out what works for you.
Sculpture is an art of the open air. Daylight, sunlight, is necessary to it, and for me, its best setting and complement is nature.
I think in terms of the day’s resolutions, not the years’.
A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.
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.
Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing.