I am the form and I am the hollow, the thrust and the contour

I must always have a clear image of the form of a work before I begin. Otherwise there is no impulse to create.

At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution.

My works are an imitation of my own past and present.

One must be entirely sensitive to the structure of the material that one is handling. One must yield to it in tiny details of execution, perhaps the handling of the surface or grain, and one must master it as a whole.

The United Nations is our conscience. If it succeeds it is our success. If it fails it is our failure.

Halfway through any work, one is often tempted to go off on a tangent. Once you have yielded, you will be tempted to yield again and again... Finally, you would only produce something hybrid.