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 underlying tension of a lot of my art is to try and look through the surface appearance of things. Inevitably, one way of getting beneath the surface is to introduce a hole, a window into what lies below.

I just see myself as an object in the final image. I know I'm experiencing it when I'm there working on it. I'm there to be worked with, as anything else that I work with.

Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things; otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realization. I've had what I thought were great ideas that just didn't work.

I can't edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole.

When I do the permanent projects or the big projects, when a work is finished, that's the beginning of its life.

I'm very fortunate to be able to do what I do and live the way I do.