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

I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.

To be an artist is to believe in life.

One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it.

If I set out to sculpt a standing man and it becomes a lying woman, I know I am making art.

Art is the expression of imagination, not the reproduction of reality.

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.

The important thing is somehow to begin.

In my opinion, everything, every shape, every bit of natural form, animals, people, pebbles, shells, anything you like are all things that can help you to make a sculpture.

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 everything.

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 feeds inspiration.

I find myself smiling, finally. I guess I do remember how to do it. You just turn the corners of your mouth up.

The best or nothing at all.

I don't have dating tips.

It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time.

We are often confident even when we are wrong, and an objective observer is more likely to detect our errors than we are.

There's no male Oprah.

I don't enjoy eating humble pie.

Love of life is born of the awareness of death, of the dread of it.

No degree of speculative knowledge of religion is any certain sign of true piety.

And my mouth is not a sewer, although some people may think it is.