You see nature and then you try to emulate it..

The simplest forms in the universe are the sphere and the circle. I represent them by disks and then I vary them... spheres of different sizes, densi….

That others grasp what I have in mind seems unessential, at least as long as they have something else in theirs..

The first inspiration I ever had was the cosmos, the planetary system..

A mobile is an abstract sculpture made chiefly out of sheet metal, steel rods, wire and wood. Some or all of these elements move, propelled by electr….

My whole theory about art is the disparity that exists between form, masses and movement..

If you can imagine a thing, conjure it up in space then you can make it... The universe is real but you can't see it. You have to imagine it. Then yo….

About my method of work: first it’s the state of mind—Elation (joy)..

When an artist explains what he is doing, he usually has to do one of two things: either scrap what he has explained, or make his work fit in with th….

The universe is real, but you can't see it. You have to imagine it..

To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect..

My fan mail is enormous. Everyone is under six..

To most people who look at a mobile, it's no more than a series of flat objects that move. To a few, though, it may be poetry..

Above all, art should be fun..

Why must art be static? You look at an abstraction, sculptured or painted, an entirely exciting arrangement of planes, spheres, nuclei, entirely with….

Just as one can compose colors, or forms, so one can compose motions..

I love red so much, I almost want to paint everything red..

The basis of everything I do is the universe..

The trouble with a lot of artists today is that they have too much technique and equipment. They don't know what to do with it all. If you cut down o….

The underlying sense of form in my work has been the system of the Universe, or part thereof. For that is a rather large model to work from..

When everything goes right a mobile is a piece of poetry that dances with the joy of life and surprise!.