A work will only have deep resonance if the kind of darkness I can generate is something that is resident in me already.

Quote by Anish Kapoor

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I've nothing to say.

I've nothing to say.

I am Indian, and I'm proud of it. Indian life is mythologically rich and powerful.

I am Indian, and I'm proud of it. Indian life is mythologically rich and powerful.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

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...

That freedom that Picasso afforded himself, to be an artist in a huge number of...

That freedom that Picasso afforded himself, to be an artist in a huge number of...

One of the great currents in the contemporary experience of art is that it seems...

One of the great currents in the contemporary experience of art is that it seems...

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...

It's precisely in those moments when I don't know what to do, boredom drives one...

It's precisely in those moments when I don't know what to do, boredom drives one...

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

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.

I feel the symbolic world is the nub of a problem for an artist.

I feel the symbolic world is the nub of a problem for an artist.

One doesn't make art for other people, even though I am very concerned with the...

One doesn't make art for other people, even though I am very concerned with the...

My first show sold within the first 3 minutes, and I came back to the...

My first show sold within the first 3 minutes, and I came back to the...

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...

Work grows out of other work, and there are very few eureka moments.

Work grows out of other work, and there are very few eureka moments.

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...

I, in the end, make art for myself.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

What one does in the studio is to pose a series of problems to oneself....

What one does in the studio is to pose a series of problems to oneself....

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

Maybe the way we have learned to look has changed in the last 25 years,...

Maybe the way we have learned to look has changed in the last 25 years,...