My work is not about my life history. It's not about the story of my neurosis.

Quote by Anish Kapoor

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I, in the end, make art for myself.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

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...

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...

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

I've nothing to say.

I've nothing to say.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

I feel there's everything to do yet.

I feel there's everything to do yet.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

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...