Willard Wigan

At home, when the heating pipes made noises, I imagined a tiny person was in there skipping with a rope. The fantasy…

— Willard Wigan

I'm just honoring my mother's words. She always told me, 'The smaller your work, the bigger your name will become.'

— Willard Wigan

I became obsessed with making more and more tiny things. I think I was trying to find a way of compensating for…

— Willard Wigan

I started making houses for ants because I thought they needed somewhere to live. Then I made them shoes and hats. It…

— Willard Wigan

My work knocks people out; you've not seen the best of me yet.

— Willard Wigan

I was told I would become nothing. Now I am showing people how big nothing is.

— Willard Wigan

When I first heard that Barack Obama was going to be the first black president, I wanted to do the smallest, biggest…

— Willard Wigan

Those that don't believe how small my work is should just come along and see it for themselves.

— Willard Wigan

At school I'd want to be so small that nobody could see me, and so my work depicts and reflects me -…

— Willard Wigan

Flying helicopters is what I do for fun.

— Willard Wigan

My teacher said my brain was the size of a pea. He made my life miserable by singling me out in the…

— Willard Wigan

I'm like a mad professor, but without the spiky hair.

— Willard Wigan

When you work at a microscopic level, you have to control every part of your body movement - your fingertips, your joints,…

— 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…

— Willard Wigan

There are times when I've inhaled my work. There are artworks still inside of me.

— Willard Wigan

I work between my heartbeat. I have one-and-a-half seconds to actually move. And at the same time I have to watch I…

— Willard Wigan

All creatures are great and small.

— Willard Wigan

I always say that failure was my friend. I learned nothing at school, so I just lived in my own world.

— Willard Wigan

When I was a kid, I had trouble at school because of my learning disabilities. Carving is my body compensating for the…

— Willard Wigan

The microscopic world became my obsession.

— Willard Wigan

I learned nothing at school, so I just lived in my own world.

— Willard Wigan

People often swear the first time they see my work. I like that,

— Willard Wigan

As a kid, I lived in a fantasy world. I used to believe ants could talk. Not once did they say thank…

— Willard Wigan

The smaller your work, the bigger your name will become.

— Willard Wigan

We didn't have money for toys, so I made my own.

— Willard Wigan