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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-wigan/i-started-making-houses-for-ants-because-i-thought-they-needed/)

[Willard Wigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-wigan/)

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> [As a kid, I lived in a fantasy world. I used to believe ants could talk. Not once did they say thank you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-wigan/as-a-kid-i-lived-in-a-fantasy-world-i-used-to-believe-ants-could-talk/)

[Willard Wigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-wigan/)

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## More by Willard Wigan

> [At home, when the heating pipes made noises, I imagined a tiny person was in there skipping with a rope. The fantasy world of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-wigan/at-home-when-the-heating-pipes-made-noises-i-imagined-a-tiny-person/)

[Willard Wigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-wigan/)

> [I'm just honoring my mother's words. She always told me, 'The smaller your work, the bigger your name will become.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-wigan/i-m-just-honoring-my-mother-s-words-she-always-told-me-the-smaller/)

[Willard Wigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-wigan/)

> [I became obsessed with making more and more tiny things. I think I was trying to find a way of compensating for my embarrassment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-wigan/i-became-obsessed-with-making-more-and-more-tiny-things-i-think-i-was/)

[Willard Wigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-wigan/)

> [I started making houses for ants because I thought they needed somewhere to live. Then I made them shoes and hats. It was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-wigan/i-started-making-houses-for-ants-because-i-thought-they-needed/)

[Willard Wigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-wigan/)

> [My work knocks people out; you've not seen the best of me yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-wigan/my-work-knocks-people-out-you-ve-not-seen-the-best-of-me-yet/)

[Willard Wigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-wigan/)

> [I was told I would become nothing. Now I am showing people how big nothing is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-wigan/i-was-told-i-would-become-nothing-now-i-am-showing-people-how-big/)

[Willard Wigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-wigan/)

> [When I first heard that Barack Obama was going to be the first black president, I wanted to do the smallest, biggest tribute in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-wigan/when-i-first-heard-that-barack-obama-was-going-to-be-the-first-black/)

[Willard Wigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-wigan/)

> [Those that don't believe how small my work is should just come along and see it for themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-wigan/those-that-don-t-believe-how-small-my-work-is-should-just-come-along/)

[Willard Wigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-wigan/)

> [At school I'd want to be so small that nobody could see me, and so my work depicts and reflects me - what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-wigan/at-school-i-d-want-to-be-so-small-that-nobody-could-see-me-and-so-my/)

[Willard Wigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-wigan/)

> [Flying helicopters is what I do for fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-wigan/flying-helicopters-is-what-i-do-for-fun/)

[Willard Wigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-wigan/)

> [My teacher said my brain was the size of a pea. He made my life miserable by singling me out in the classroom as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-wigan/my-teacher-said-my-brain-was-the-size-of-a-pea-he-made-my-life/)

[Willard Wigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-wigan/)

> [I'm like a mad professor, but without the spiky hair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-wigan/i-m-like-a-mad-professor-but-without-the-spiky-hair/)

[Willard Wigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-wigan/)

> [When you work at a microscopic level, you have to control every part of your body movement - your fingertips, your joints, the pulse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-wigan/when-you-work-at-a-microscopic-level-you-have-to-control-every-part/)

[Willard Wigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-wigan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-wigan/people-find-it-very-very-difficult-to-believe-what-i-ve-done/)

[Willard Wigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-wigan/)

> [There are times when I've inhaled my work. There are artworks still inside of me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-wigan/there-are-times-when-i-ve-inhaled-my-work-there-are-artworks-still/)

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