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

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 you can be realistic about reproducing it.

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.

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

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

Above all, art should be fun.

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

My fan mail is enormous. Everyone is under six.

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

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

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 the explanation.

Powerful words, a soft embrace, & facial expression that can warm your heart. Growth shows you to appreciate what you didn't before.

Wisdom isn't an old guy on top of a mountain in a loin cloth. It isn't an answer. It's a question.

I do the same things I did when I was 12 years old: I ride bikes, I read books, I walk in the woods. And I listen to music.

I may sing the same songs for over 40 years now but I always sing them in different ways in order to keep the excitement and passion alive.

Disappointment always arrives before hope and the darkness of night comes before the dawn. Don't lose hope now because things will brighter with the new day.

But Tudor mansions on manicured grounds didn't look right with their grand front doors wide open to the night. It was like a debutante flashing her bra thanks to a wardrobe malfunction.

The only love worthy of a name is unconditional.

There is no solution, for there is no problem.

I was taught the method for advancement is not quick or simple.

The future will belong to the nature-smart...Th e more high-tech we become, the more nature we need.