Many have said that Sleeping Muse is the last time Rodin's influenced appeared in my work. On hindsight I suppose that it was probably true, in a way. For one, I was still using bronze, like in many of Rodin's sculptures. The lady's face (generically speaking) I was sculpting also still had relatively sharply defined features. I wanted to sculpt the image of a lady's face in her sweetest reverie. Simple, yet beautiful.

The Kiss, on the other hand, is possibly my very first wholly original work. I am glad to know that it has been regarded as possible the quintessential representation of love in twentieh-century art. This sculpture embodies the idea of simple is beautiful, just like how true love is simple, and beautiful. Two lovers embracing in a kiss; the cuboid-like shape representing the fusing of two souls, is the idea represented here. The still-rough stone and simplified forms represents steadfast, uncomplicated, unwavering, everlasting love.

I made several more versions of both sculptures over the next few years. They became more and more simplified, as I developed my own style. Some of these even bear resemblance to my later works such as The Newborn and Prometheus.

Many have said that Sleeping Muse is the last time Rodin's influenced appeared in my work. On hindsight I suppose that it was probably true, in a way. For one, I was still using bronze, like in many of Rodin's sculptures. The lady's face (generically speaking) I was sculpting also still had relatively sharply defined features. I wanted to sculpt the image of a lady's face in her sweetest reverie. Simple, yet beautiful.

The Kiss, on the other hand, is possibly my very first wholly original work. I am glad to know that it has been regarded as possible the quintessential representation of love in twentieh-century art. This sculpture embodies the idea of simple is beautiful, just like how true love is simple, and beautiful. Two lovers embracing in a kiss; the cuboid-like shape representing the fusing of two souls, is the idea represented here. The still-rough stone and simplified forms represents steadfast, uncomplicated, unwavering, everlasting love.

I made several more versions of both sculptures over the next few years. They became more and more simplified, as I developed my own style. Some of these even bear resemblance to my later works such as The Newborn and Prometheus.