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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...

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....

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

Being an artist is a very long game. It is not a 10-year game. I...

Being an artist is a very long game. It is not a 10-year game. I...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

There's something imminent in the work, but the circle is only completed by the viewer.

There's something imminent in the work, but the circle is only completed by the viewer.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

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...

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

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

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...