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.

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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 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 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.

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.

One does afford oneself the luxury to come into the studio and all day, every...

One does afford oneself the luxury to come into the studio and all day, every...

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...

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, in the end, make art for myself.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

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...

I've nothing to say.

I've nothing to say.

I feel there's everything to do yet.

I feel there's everything to do yet.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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....

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.

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

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

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,...