It would be a mistake to ascribe this creative power to an inborn talent. In art, the genius creator is not just a gifted being, but a person who has succeeded in arranging for their appointed end, a complex of activities, of which the work is the outcome. The artist begins with a vision — a creative operation requiring an effort. Creativity takes courage.

Seeing is in itself a creative act which requires effort.

An artist is an explorer.

We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky or a thought, because we too are linked to the entire universe.

Cutting straight into color reminds me of the direct carving of the sculptor.

What I dream of is an art of balance.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.