One does not set out with the idea that I've just had a great idea and now I'm going to go and carry it out. Almost all art that's made like that doesn't go anywhere.

Quote by Anish Kapoor

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Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

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.

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...

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

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

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

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...

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

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

Maybe the way we have learned to look has changed in the last 25 years,...

Maybe the way we have learned to look has changed in the last 25 years,...

It's the role of the artist to pursue content.

It's the role of the artist to pursue content.

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 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've nothing to say.

I've nothing to say.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.