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.

I am always learning, always discovering.

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

For me it is the direct contact of artist to material which is original, and it is the earth and his contact to it which will free him of the artificiality of the present and his dependence on industrial products.

We are a landscape of all we have seen.

Art should become as one with its surroundings.

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