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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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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

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,...

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

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

I, in the end, make art for myself.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

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...

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...

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

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...