One does afford oneself the luxury to come into the studio and all day, every day, spend one's life making aesthetic propositions. What an immense luxury.

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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....

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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 feel there's everything to do yet.

I feel there's everything to do yet.

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

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

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...

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

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...

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...

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...

I've nothing to say.

I've nothing to say.