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I felt it was part of the spirit of the whole program to do more than simply make an object.


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I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting.
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The design is a public amenity, designed by a sculptor, which tries to invest a public facility with a bit more poetry than it otherwise might have.
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Although idea and form are ultimately paramount in my work, so too are chance, accident, and rawness.
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When I went to Africa I think that was when I really found a way to deal with what I had recently discovered in two-dimensional terms, at least.
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The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility.
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At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture.
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I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well.
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I really like to live my life in a low-key fashion.
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Experience join'd with common sense, To mortals is a providence.
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