There is nothing greater than enthusiasm..

Clever people can copy the handwriting of an artist - it's like forging a person's signature..

I sometimes draw just for its own enjoyment..

All the arts are based on the senses. What they do for the person who practices them, and also the persons interested in them, is make that particula….

You must always be open to your luck. You cannot force it, but you can recognize it..

All good art has contained both abstract and surrealist elements, just as it has contained both classical and romantic elements - order and surprise,….

A sculptor is a person obsessed with the form and the shape of things, and it's not just Ihe shape of any one thing, but the shape of any thing and e….

Because a work does not aim at reproducing natural appearances it is not, therefore, an escape from life -- but may be a penetration into reality...a….

The whole of nature is an endless demonstration of shape and form. It always surprises me when artists try to escape from this..

Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal; whereas, it was its continuance which should have taught us its value. [It is wise to be gra….

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and] knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working only by formula, and fe….

Art is to make our lives richer and fuller..

I think about sculpture all the time. I work at it for ten to twelve hours a day. I even dream about it. If as a result I was only to produce somethi….

Art is a continuous activity with no separation between past and present..

I find in all the artists that I admire most a disturbing element, a distortion, giving evidence of a struggle . . . . In great art, this conflict is….

To know one thing, you must know the opposite..

All art is an abstraction to some degree..

All art should have a certain mystery and should make demands on the spectator. Giving a sculpture or a drawing too explicit a title takes away part ….

It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work..

I sometimes begin a drawing with no preconceived problem to solve, with only the desire to use pencil on paper... but as my eye takes in what is so p….

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life..