English - Sculptor | 1957 -
The microscopic world became my obsession.
Willard Wigan
WorldObsessionBecameMicroscopic
I became obsessed with making more and more tiny things. I think I was trying to find a way of compensating for my embarrassment at having learning difficulties: people had made me feel small so I wanted to show them how significant 'small' could be.
LearningPeopleMeSmallThinkFeel
People find it very, very difficult to believe what I've done. Scientists have seen my work and they can't explain it. Even nano-scientists have seen it and been totally shocked. But if any man on Earth wants to challenge me, I'm ready. Bring it on.
WorkChallengeManPeopleMeEarth
Those that don't believe how small my work is should just come along and see it for themselves.
WorkSmallBelieveSeeAlongJust
There are times when I've inhaled my work. There are artworks still inside of me.
WorkMeInsideStillTimes
When I first heard that Barack Obama was going to be the first black president, I wanted to do the smallest, biggest tribute in history.
HistoryBlackPresidentFirstGoing
My work knocks people out; you've not seen the best of me yet.
WorkBestPeopleMeYouOut
I was told I would become nothing. Now I am showing people how big nothing is.
I AmPeopleNowNothingBecomeBig
At school I'd want to be so small that nobody could see me, and so my work depicts and reflects me - what it felt like to grow up in a world of pain.
WorkPainSchoolMeWorldSmall
There is a child in all of us.
ChildUs
I always say that failure was my friend. I learned nothing at school, so I just lived in my own world.
FailureFriendSchoolWorldNothing
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