I've always felt that if one was going to take seriously this vocation as an artist, you have to get beyond that decorative facade.

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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.

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.

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...

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 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 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 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...

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

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

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.

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...

I feel there's everything to do yet.

I feel there's everything to do yet.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...