The things that I make are that which a person will make. They're not meant to mimic nature. They are nothing but the result of a hand of a person.

The British climate, although it is very wet, it is quite mild in winter. We don't get these severe - generally don't get severe winters.

Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality.

We leave our presence in the pavement. We're walking over it, sitting on steps.

At its most successful, my 'touch' looks into the heart of nature; most days I don't even get close. These things are all part of a transient process that I cannot understand unless my touch is also transient - only in this way can the cycle remain unbroken and the process be complete.

Sometimes you need to stop doing something to really see it afresh.

The things that I make are that which a person will make. They're not meant to mimic nature. They are nothing but the result of a hand of a person.