"She's not happy about the life she is living but to jump through the hoop would mean to succumb to death."

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"She's not happy about the life she is living but to jump through the hoop would mean to succumb to death."

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"The chariot was purchased by a private collector who took it home to New York. I take pleasure in knowing that it was built to last for at least a thousand years."

Home

"The hoop is there to remind us not to jump through it, not to submit to someone else's control."

Control

"In practical terms the South Pointing Chariot was a simple direction finder. It could have been made to point in any direction - north, south, east or west."

Direction

"The original item looked like a little hand cart with the figure of a man mounted on a platform between the wheels. The man's outstretched arm always pointed south."

Man

"Once upon a perfect night, unclouded and still, there came the face of a pale and beautiful lady. The tresses of her hair reached out to make the constellations, and the dewy vapours of her gown fell soft upon the land."

Fantasy

"I made every single piece myself, each individual component, so it was quite time consuming."

Time

"I think most artists find it difficult to part with their work but it's the parting that keeps us alive and keeps us working. In the case of the chariot, although it's been sold I actually still have it, just in another form."

Work

"Having designed and built several clocks during my career it suddenly occurred to me that when you look at the face of a clock both hands have the same center."

Career

"I started by looking at what others had done before me. You see, over the years there have been attempts by many different people to reconstruct the chariot."

People

"In the fairy tale the painting represents the here and now. The book is actually divided into five sections, through which the key character, the muse, leads us."

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