My fingers always seem busier than my mind.

The next step in sculpture is motion.

A mobile is an abstract sculpture made chiefly out of sheet metal, steel rods, wire and wood. Some or all of these elements move, propelled by electric motors, wind, water or by hand.

To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect.

I love red so much, I almost want to paint everything red.

The trouble with a lot of artists today is that they have too much technique and equipment. They don't know what to do with it all. If you cut down on it, you can work more strongly within narrower limits.

My fan mail is enormous. Everyone is under six.