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

Quote by Anish Kapoor

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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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

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....

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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.