Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them

Why talk about sculpture when I can photograph it?

...That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things.

When you see a fish you don't think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water... If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement, give a pattern or shape of reality. I want just the flash of its spirit.

Don't look for obscure formulas or mystery in my work. It is pure joy that I offer you. Look at my sculptures until you see them. Those closest to God have seen them.

Nothing grows well in the shade of a big tree.

Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them