Maybe the way we have learned to look has changed in the last 25 years, and the exotic is much more acceptable. There are many artists now, younger artists, who work out of the exotic.

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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 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...

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

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...

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

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

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

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'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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

I used to empty the studio out and throw stuff away. I now don't. There...

I used to empty the studio out and throw stuff away. I now don't. There...

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

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

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.

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'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.