I ground matter to find the continuous line. And when I realized I could not find it, I stopped, as if an unseen someone had slapped my hands.

Nothing grows well in the shade of a big tree.

To see far is one thing, going there is another.

In art, one does not aim for simplicity; one achieves it unintentionally as one gets closer to the real meaning of things.

The work of art expresses precisely those things which do not die. It must do so, however, in a form that bears witness to the artist's own era.

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.

What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface.