My first show sold within the first 3 minutes, and I came back to the studio and spent the next two and a half years making almost nothing.

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I feel there's everything to do yet.

I feel there's everything to do yet.

One cannot set out to make a work that's spiritual. What is a contemporary iconography...

One cannot set out to make a work that's spiritual. What is a contemporary iconography...

Red, of course, is the colour of the interior of our bodies. In a way...

Red, of course, is the colour of the interior of our bodies. In a way...

What interests me is the sense of the darkness that we carry within us, the...

What interests me is the sense of the darkness that we carry within us, the...

You know that day after day of, Oh God what am I going to do...

You know that day after day of, Oh God what am I going to do...

I, in the end, make art for myself.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

It's the role of the artist to pursue content.

It's the role of the artist to pursue content.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

One does not set out with the idea that I've just had a great idea...

One does not set out with the idea that I've just had a great idea...

One does afford oneself the luxury to come into the studio and all day, every...

One does afford oneself the luxury to come into the studio and all day, every...

Re-investing in one's own little moments of insight is very important.

Re-investing in one's own little moments of insight is very important.

One can hardly be Indian and not know that almost every accent, which hand you...

One can hardly be Indian and not know that almost every accent, which hand you...

If you get a bad review, you take that in your stride.

If you get a bad review, you take that in your stride.

I used to empty the studio out and throw stuff away. I now don't. There...

I used to empty the studio out and throw stuff away. I now don't. There...

Red is a colour I've felt very strongly about. Maybe red is a very Indian...

Red is a colour I've felt very strongly about. Maybe red is a very Indian...

One must not believe any of those mythologies about oneself as an artist.

One must not believe any of those mythologies about oneself as an artist.

I think I understand something about space. I think the job of a sculptor is...

I think I understand something about space. I think the job of a sculptor is...

A work will only have deep resonance if the kind of darkness I can generate...

A work will only have deep resonance if the kind of darkness I can generate...

My work is not about my life history. It's not about the story of my...

My work is not about my life history. It's not about the story of my...