Once the fired stone is out of the kiln, it is still possible to mentally reconstruct it in its original form.

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

Nature, for me is raw and dangerous and difficult and beautiful and unnerving.

When I make a work, I often take it to the very edge of its collapse, and that's a very beautiful balance.

A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas that function on many levels.

I love the winter. Well, I love all the seasons, but the winter is possibly one of the most intense.

Occasionally I have come across a last patch of snow on top of a mountain in late May or June. There's something very powerful about finding snow in summer.