Recently I have been working in the country, where, carving in the open air, I find sculpture more natural than in a London studio, but it needs bigger dimensions. A large piece of stone or wood placed almost anywhere at random in a field, orchard, or garden, immediately looks right and inspiring.

The important thing is somehow to begin.

It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.

People think that they see, but they don't.

Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing.

Being an artist is celebrating life.

I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.