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

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

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...

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'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...

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...

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...

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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, in the end, make art for myself.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

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.

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...

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.

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...