I Began To Stack My Sculptures Into

You Know When I Decided To Become Professional - That Means To Expose Yourself Naked To The World With The Other Creative Minds - I Said, 'i'm Going Into Areas I Don't Know. I Might Just Fall Right Down To Hell And Kill Myself.

And I Saw Darkness For Weeks. It Never Dawned On Me That I Could Come Out Of It, But You Heal. Nature Heals You, And You Do Come Out Of It. All Of A Sudden I Saw A Crack Of Light ... Then All Of A Sudden I Saw Another Crack Of Light. Then I Saw Forms In The Light. And I Recognized That There Was No Darkness, That In Darkness There'll Always Be Light.

I Was Given The Gifts Of The Artist, And The Trouble That Goes With Them: So I Have That Blessing, And There Was Never A Time Thati Questioned It Or Doubted It.... For Forty Years, I Wanted To Jump Out Of Windows.

Character Is The Architect Of The Being.

When You Put Things Together, Things That Other People Have Thrown Out, You’re Really Bringing Them To Life – A Spiritual Life That Surpasses The Life For Which They Were Originally Created.