 A text was commissioned from anthropologist Terence Barrow, Brian Brake photographed Mansfield's sculptures, Mansfield wrote a text about his life and approach to his work, and the Governor-General of the time Sir David Beattie contributed an introduction.The book never reached publication but a slightly edited version of Mansfield's text, with Brake's photographs, was printed in the journal "Art New Zealand" in 2007.In the text, on the topic 'The Importance of Line', Mansfield wrote

For more than sixty years drawing and especially line drawing, has played the vital role in all my work.