You see nature and then you try to emulate it.

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.

When everything goes right a mobile is a piece of poetry that dances with the joy of life and surprise!

To most people who look at a mobile, it's no more than a series of flat objects that move. To a few, though, it may be poetry.

The first inspiration I ever had was the cosmos, the planetary system.

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