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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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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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'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.

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.

The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement...

The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement...

I've nothing to say.

I've nothing to say.

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 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 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.

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...

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

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

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.

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.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

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...