There are times when I’ve inhaled my work. There are artworks still inside of me. Willard Wigan Read Quote
I always say that failure was my friend. I learned nothing at school, so I just lived in my own world. Willard Wigan Read Quote
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. Willard Wigan Read Quote
At home, when the heating pipes made noises, I imagined a tiny person was in there skipping with a rope. The fantasy world of tiny things became my escape. Willard Wigan Read Quote
My teacher said my brain was the size of a pea. He made my life miserable by singling me out in the classroom as a failure. Willard Wigan Read Quote
I was told I would become nothing. Now I am showing people how big nothing is. Willard Wigan Read Quote
I heard someone say that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to get into heaven. I decided to sculpt camels in a needle. Willard Wigan Read Quote
As a kid, I lived in a fantasy world. I used to believe ants could talk. Not once did they say thank you. Willard Wigan Read Quote
I started making houses for ants because I thought they needed somewhere to live. Then I made them shoes and hats. It was a fantasy world I escaped to where my dyslexia didn’t hold me back and my teachers couldn’t criticize me. That’s how my career as a micro-sculptor began. Willard Wigan Read Quote
