My goal is to make fine art, and fine art comes from the soul. If you have virtuosity and facility, you can take and create something of significance.

There are very few people who do what I do.

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.

My goal is to make fine art, and fine art comes from the soul. If you have virtuosity and facility, you can take and create something of significance.

I create for artistic intent only and do everything from life.

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.