It is said that stone is the affection of old men. That may be so. It is the most challenging to work. A dialogue ensues – of chance no chance, mistakes no mistakes. No erasing or reproduction is possible, at least in the way I work, leaving nature’s mark. It is unique and final.

The best is that which is most spontaneous or seemingly so.

Everything is sculpture. Any material, any idea without hindrance born into space, I consider sculpture.

In my work, I wanted something irreducible, an absence of the gimmicky and clever.

The art of stone in a Japanese garden is that of placement. Its ideal does not deviate from that of nature.

I am always learning, always discovering.

When an artist stopped being a child, he would stop being an artist.