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….

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….

Talking about one's work releases the energy and tension to do and make..

I find drawing a useful outlet for ideas for which there is not time enough to realize as sculpture... And I sometimes draw just for its own enjoymen….

Painting and sculpture help other people to see what a wonderful world we live in..

The important thing is somehow to begin..

I sometimes draw just for its own enjoyment..

Our knowledge of shape and form remains, in general, a mixture of visual and of tactile experiences... A child learns about roundness from handling a….

I have always liked drawing, when you draw you see things more intensely..

I have always been very interested in landscape... I find that all natural forms are a source of unending interest - tree trunks, the growth of branc….

A work can have in it a pent-up energy, an intense life of its own, independent of the subject it may represent..

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

I'm very grateful that I was too poor to get to art school until I was 21. . . I was old enough when I got there to know how to get something out of ….

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

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

There is nothing greater than enthusiasm..

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

People think that they see, but they don't..

Art is to make our lives richer and fuller..