Much of what I make is geometric, and has a kind of almost mathematical logic to the form.

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All ideas grow out of other ideas.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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...

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

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

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 feel there's everything to do yet.

I feel there's everything to do yet.

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...

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...

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

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

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

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...

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...

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've nothing to say.

I've nothing to say.

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...