My first show sold within the first 3 minutes, and I came back to the studio and spent the next two and a half years making almost nothing.

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All ideas grow out of other ideas.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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....

Being an artist is a very long game. It is not a 10-year game. I...

Being an artist is a very long game. It is not a 10-year game. I...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

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 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 feel there's everything to do yet.

I feel there's everything to do yet.