The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.

I find in all the artists that I admire most a disturbing element, a distortion, giving evidence of a struggle . . . . In great art, this conflict is hidden, it is unresolved. All that is bursting with energy is disturbing - not perfect.

A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.

Between beauty of expression and power of expression there is a difference of function. The first aims at pleasing the senses, the second has a spiritual vitality which for me is more moving and goes deeper than the senses.

I sometimes draw just for its own enjoyment.

There is a right physical size for every idea.