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

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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...

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

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

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...

We live in a fractured world. I've always seen it as my role as an...

$We live in a fractured world. I've always seen it as my role as an...$

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...

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...

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 feel there's everything to do yet.

I feel there's everything to do yet.

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...

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...

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

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 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...

I'm not an artist who has an agenda that's set by the work.

I'm not an artist who has an agenda that's set by the work.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...