As a representational, figurative sculptor of the 21st century, I pay homage to the great voices of the sculptors of the past, many of whom are my heroes; however, I must sculpt in my own time, representing the lives, emotions and natural forms of my own cultural heritage. I desire that my art communicates my innermost visions, observations, and experiences of the world around me.

While I repeatedly come home to the human figure, it is not to the exclusion of other animal and allegorical interests. Variety in subjects stimulates and invigorates the imagination and provides one a wider, more comprehensive view of life—a broader diet of artistic nourishment. It is that presence of life, that essence of life that artists have striven for since cave drawings were created. The artist must see what every man has seen and think what no one else has thought.

— Garland Weeks