Abstraction means getting away from a visual interpretation but nearer to an emotional one.

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

Never think of the surface except as an extension of a volume.

I sometimes draw just for its own enjoyment.

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.

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.

You must always be open to your luck. You cannot force it, but you can recognize it.