One cannot set out to make a work that's spiritual. What is a contemporary iconography for the spiritual? Is it some fuzzy space?

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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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

My first show sold within the first 3 minutes, and I came back to the...

My first show sold within the first 3 minutes, and I came back to the...

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

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...

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 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...

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

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

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 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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.