To see far is one thing, going there is another.

Don't look for obscure formulas or mystery in my work. It is pure joy that I offer you. Look at my sculptures until you see them. Those closest to God have seen them.

To be called one thing, is oftentimes to be another.

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.

Speaking in broken Telugu is one thing, and dubbing is another.

Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.