"I would like to make sculpture that would rise from water and tower in the air - that carried conviction and vision t…"

"..that men could view as natural, without reverence or awe but to whom such things were natural because they were sta…"

"I want sculpture to show the wonder of man, that flowing water, rocks, clouds vegetation have for the man in peace wh…"

"It will say that in peace we have time that a man has vision, has been fed, has worked.. ..That hands and minds and t…"

"this vision cannot be of a single mind – a single concept, it is a small tooth in the gear of man.. ..which to each m…"

"In particular, this question, to the sculptor: If a drawing is traced, even with the greatest precision, from another…"

"Gravitation is the only logical factor a sculptor has to contend with."

"An arrogant independence to create is my only motivation."

"Sculpture is as free as the mind; as complex as life.."

"Gradually [late 1920's] the canvas became the base and the painting was a sculpture. [quote, early 1950's]"