Richard MacDonald Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I never had a job. I bought my first house within a year of getting out of school, and I built a custom one four and a half years later. The Art Center didn't teach much about business, but I learned a lot from the Fortune 500 companies that were my clients.”

“I was headed in the wrong direction. I didn't think I'd make it to 21. My Uncle Chuck saved my life. He was a graphic designer, and he gave me my first sketchbook. In the front, he wrote, 'Wear it like your underwear.'”

“The greatest success is creating whatever you want without conditions. I don't do commissions unless I really want to, because it's like having a job.”

“There is a connection between me and the collectors, and as admirers of the work they tell me about the differences the pieces are able to make in their lives on a daily basis.”

“I do everything. Of course, I have 50 people who work for me to do the drudgery of mold making and all the foundry. This is an enormous task. But every stroke in these sculptures is from my hands.”

“At any one time, I'll have 30 to 40 pieces going on in the studio, so this is not economically driven at all.”

“I cannot tell you how many people, powerful people, come to my studio and they are in tears they are so moved by what they see.”

“I create for artistic intent only and do everything from life.”

“I was tired of illustration. You'd work so hard on a commission and it would go in to a magazine, and you'd turn the page and it was gone.”

“There are very few people who do what I do.”