I wanted to be a prosecutor - a criminal lawyer - because there's nowhere where the stakes are higher, where you can wake up every day and believe in what you're doing.
I have looked at so many photographs, I can not see them anymore.
Earth is the material with the most potential because it is the original source material.
I think size is the most unused quotient in the sculptor's repertoire because it requires lots of commitment and time. To me it's the best tool. With size you get space and atmosphere: atmosphere becomes volume. You stand in the shape, in the zone.
The type of work I like is pure and simple and profound.
A strong work of art really leaves people speechless. They feel a little angry because they don't understand it.
They are works of art that can be considered works of art but don't have to be in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.
Practice, practice, practice in speaking before an audience will tend to remove all fear of audiences, just as practice in swimming will lead to confidence and facility in the water. You must learn to speak by speaking.
I still climb Mount Everest just as often as I used to. I play polo just as often as I used to. But to walk down to the hardware store I find a little bit more difficult
The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes. Zen practice is to open up our small mind.
I don't release records to be anything but enjoyable.