What Is Real Is Not The External

When You See A Fish You Don't Think Of Its Scales, Do You? You Think Of Its Speed, Its Floating, Flashing Body Seen Through The Water... If I Made Fins And Eyes And Scales, I Would Arrest Its Movement, Give A Pattern Or Shape Of Reality. I Want Just The Flash Of Its Spirit.

Create Like A God, Command Like A King, Work Like A Slave.

Why Talk About Sculpture When I Can Photograph It?

What Is Real Is Not The External Form, But The Essence Of Things... It Is Impossible For Anyone To Express Anything Essentially Real By Imitating Its Exterior Surface.

In Art, One Does Not Aim For Simplicity; One Achieves It Unintentionally As One Gets Closer To The Real Meaning Of Things.