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Willard Wigan
English Sculptor
Born: 1957
Believe Made Me People Work World
Related authors: Alberto Giacometti Alexander Calder Auguste Rodin Camille Claudel Constantin Brancusi Dan Flavin Henry Moore Ruth Asawa
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
You World Thank You Believe Once Say Kid Could Talk Thank Ants Did Fantasy Fantasy World Used Lived They Say
We didn't have money for toys, so I made my own. Willard Wigan
Money Made Own My Own Toys
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
Life Teacher Me Failure Made My Life Miserable Out Classroom He Said Singling Brain Size
People often swear the first time they see my work. I like that. Willard Wigan
Work Time People First See Like First Time Often Swear
I always say that failure was my friend. I learned nothing at school, so I just lived in my own world. Willard Wigan
Failure World School Own Nothing Say My Friend My Own Learned Always Friend Just Lived
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
Home World Made Noises Became Escape Person Pipes Heating Tiny Fantasy Fantasy World Rope Skipping Things Imagined
When you work at a microscopic level, you have to control every part of your body movement - your fingertips, your joints, the pulse in your fingers. Willard Wigan
Work You Control Every Pulse Fingers Fingertips Joints Part Microscopic Movement Body Your Your Body Level
When I was a kid, I had trouble at school because of my learning disabilities. Carving is my body compensating for the lack of other skills. Willard Wigan
Learning School Trouble Other Kid Carving Disabilities Had Because Lack Body Skills
The microscopic world became my obsession. Willard Wigan
World Obsession Became Microscopic
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. Willard Wigan
Me Learning People Made Think Difficulties Way Embarrassment Significant Find Having More Small More And More Could Had Feel Obsessed Became How Making Trying Tiny Wanted Them Show Things
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. Willard Wigan
Work Me Man People Challenge Seen Believe Difficult Earth Find Totally Ready Scientists Been Very Shocked Any Done Wants Explain Even Bring
Those that don't believe how small my work is should just come along and see it for themselves. Willard Wigan
Work Believe Those See Small Along Come How Just Themselves Should
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
Me World Thought Made Somewhere Shoes Live Back Criticize Hats Houses Because How Making Began Escaped Ants Where Hold Dyslexia Them Fantasy Fantasy World Then Teachers Started Career Needed

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