A sculptor is a person obsessed with the form and the shape of things, and it's not just Ihe shape of any one thing, but the shape of any thing and everything.

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.

A piece of sculpture can have a hole through it and not be weakened if the hole is of a studied size, shape, and direction.

The important thing is somehow to begin.

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.

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

Being an artist is celebrating life.