However, a piece of sculpture so produced, is not necessarily precise and exact "carbon copy" of the subject. It is to be viewed not only with our anatomical eyes, but also with our mind's eye - with the help of our intelligence and intellect. What I have always striven, is to bring out the "essence" or the "spirit" of reality, rather than the reality itself. To my mind, that is more real than reality.

Also, just by observing a sculpture a viewer can make out whether it is "living" or "dead". Even being an exact photocopy of the subject a piece of sculpture can be just insert and lifeless. I have always worked (even though I might not have always arrived at) to put in that ethereal and unexplainable animation "Soul" into my sculptures.

In the execution of my sculpture the maximum bafflement came from the media. Each one of these materials for execution - wood or bronze, or marble, - with its different hardness or pliability, textures or grains, seems to have distinct and individual character. I have learnt, through years, to respect these specific characters and to some ideas are much better expressed in one particular medium, while a different idea in some other medium.

In fact, to me, each one of these media is a living entity. Each one of them "talks" and "express" in a different way. Working with them, while respecting their individual characters, had more or less been like living with the shrew of a wife. But, through proper understanding the sculptor and his medium can form the right duo to make out a magnificient marriage."