One must not believe any of those mythologies about oneself as an artist.

Quote by Anish Kapoor

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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...

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.

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.

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....

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...

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 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, in the end, make art for myself.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

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.

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 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 feel there's everything to do yet.

I feel there's everything to do yet.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

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...

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...