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Nathan Sawaya

So many people have asked me about getting their own LEGO Oscar that I submitted it to LEGO Ideas so that everyone has the ability to get one.

– Nathan Sawaya

Nathan Sawaya

I do hear from people at my exhibition about seeing these things made from this toy from their childhood, and it brings them back. They’ll go and buy a set of Lego from the gift shop because of that nostalgia and seeing it at the art exhibition.

– Nathan Sawaya

Nathan Sawaya

When I was in South Africa, I was meeting with people who never heard of Lego bricks. And yet, when I was like, ‘Here they are,’ they immediately got it. They saw the appeal, were snapping bricks and creating their little creations right there immediately.

– Nathan Sawaya

Nathan Sawaya

I split my commission and personal work about 50 per cent each. It is important to get that balance in life.

– Nathan Sawaya

Nathan Sawaya

My work sells for £10,000-plus, but my most lucrative piece was a private project that was sold for more than six figures -dollars, that is. The process of the Lego can take weeks, months, or even days. Each one I deliver to specification to each gallery because they want them brought to them fully formed.

– Nathan Sawaya

Nathan Sawaya

I think watching Channing Tatum caress his Lego Oscar statue will be something I won’t forget. Even if I try.

– Nathan Sawaya

Nathan Sawaya

The team behind ‘The Lego Movie’ approached me. They wanted to do something extra special for the Academy Award performance of best song nominee ‘Everything is Awesome.’ They had seen my earlier version of a Lego Oscar statue, and I was happy to take on the challenge.

– Nathan Sawaya

Nathan Sawaya

There was a time when I was practicing law in New York and I wanted to find something else to do. So I ended up leaving the practice of law to pursue my art and it just happened to be out of Lego bricks.

– Nathan Sawaya

Nathan Sawaya

What do young, budding artists do, but go to law school? I had creative periods now and again, but it wasn’t until I was practicing law that I really needed a creative outlet. I’d come home from long days at the office and draw, paint, and sculpt from clay, wire – even candy.

– Nathan Sawaya

Nathan Sawaya

I’ve made a bit of a career taking daunting projects out of Lego. I’ve done things like a dinosaur skeleton and stuff like that.

– Nathan Sawaya

Nathan Sawaya

I’m an independent artist, but I do have a good business relationship with Lego, since I’m a unique customer. They’re aware of what I’m doing. A painter may not have a relationship with a paint maker, but there’s only one company that makes Lego.

– Nathan Sawaya

Nathan Sawaya

I have about 4 million Lego bricks. And then a few million in storage in case something comes up. I still pay for them. I buy my bricks just like everyone else. It’s by far my biggest capital expense.

– Nathan Sawaya

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