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.

Quote by Anish Kapoor

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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...

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....

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.

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...

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.

I've nothing to say.

I've nothing to say.

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 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...

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...

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

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...

One cannot set out to make a work that's spiritual. What is a contemporary iconography...

One cannot set out to make a work that's spiritual. What is a contemporary iconography...

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

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

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...

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,...

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.

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

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

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.