My art is a form of restoration in terms of my feelings to myself and to others.

For me, sculpture is the body. My body is my sculpture.

Look at it this way - a totem pole is just a decorated tree. My work is a confessional.

Don't get the green disease of envy. Don't be fooled by success and money. Don't let anything come between you and your work.

The twentieth-century artist who uses symbols is alienated because the system of symbols is a private one. After you have dealt with the symbols you are still private, you are still lonely, because you are not sure anyone will understand it except yourself. The ransom of privacy is that you are alone.

My work disturbs people and nobody wants to be disturbed. They are not fully aware of the effect my work has on them, but they know it is disturbing.

It is not so much where my motivation comes from but rather how it manages to survive.