Being an artist is a very long game. It is not a 10-year game. I hope I'll be around making art when I'm 80.

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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...

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.

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.

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...

I feel there's everything to do yet.

I feel there's everything to do yet.

Much of what I make is geometric, and has a kind of almost mathematical logic...

Much of what I make is geometric, and has a kind of almost mathematical logic...

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.

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 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.

Content arises out of certain considerations about form, material, context-and that when that subject matter...

Content arises out of certain considerations about form, material, context-and that when that subject matter...

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...

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

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

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

The idea is that the object has a language unto itself.

The idea is that the object has a language unto itself.

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...

The eye is a very quick instrument, much quicker than the ear. The eye gets...

The eye is a very quick instrument, much quicker than the ear. The eye gets...

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...

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...

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...