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.

- Richard Macdonald

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

- Richard Macdonald

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.

- Richard Macdonald

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 Cent…

- Richard Macdonald

I'm also interested in creating a lasting legacy for collectors because bronze will last for thousands of years so I'm not really selling the art to …

- Richard Macdonald

I don't do commissions and I like the freedom to create what my heart or mind tells me to.

- Richard Macdonald

There is a connection between me and the collectors, and as admirers of the work they tell me about the differences the pieces are able to make in th…

- Richard Macdonald

There are very few people who do what I do.

- Richard Macdonald

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.

- Richard Macdonald