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

Quote by Anish Kapoor

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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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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 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've always felt that if one was going to take seriously this vocation as an...

I've always felt that if one was going to take seriously this vocation as an...

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...

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.

I've nothing to say.

I've nothing to say.

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.

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,...

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 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...

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...

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....

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...

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...