I prefer visual arts to all other forms of art. As an artist, I strive for the appropriate expression of what is, to me, the real object of all art, rather than merely try to create a sculpture for the eye. When there are powerful emotions to be expressed, the pictorial form suggests itself to the artist and he is free to go wherever his imagination takes him. The spectator is, in fact, more likely to see the poetic truth in a flight of artistic imagination than be taken in by the banality of a meticulously reproduced scene or event. Neither faithfully reproduced fragments, superficially resembling the old masters, nor the imitation of contemporary artists, contribute in any way to art. On the contrary, they impede its natural process. This type of sculpture, by repeating one another, hinders true art from its main mission, which is to enrich the human soul.

—Mikael F. Sogoian