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

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

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.

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.

I think, what has this day brought me, and what have I given it?

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