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

Quote by Anish Kapoor

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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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

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 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....

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...

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...

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...

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

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...

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 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...

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.

The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement...

The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement...

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...

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...

I, in the end, make art for myself.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

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...