At any one time, I'll have 30 to 40 pieces going on in the studio, so this is not economically driven at all.

Sculpture will last a lot longer than painting.

You have to make thousands and thousands of drawings before an illustration is perfected.

The greatest success is creating whatever you want without conditions. I don't do commissions unless I really want to, because it's like having a job.

At any one time, I'll have 30 to 40 pieces going on in the studio, so this is not economically driven at all.

I cannot tell you how many people, powerful people, come to my studio and they are in tears they are so moved by what they see.

I never had a job. I bought my first house within a year of getting out of school, and I built a custom one four and a half years later. The Art Center didn't teach much about business, but I learned a lot from the Fortune 500 companies that were my clients.