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

Quote by Anish Kapoor

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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.

One cannot set out to make a work that's spiritual. What is a contemporary iconography...

One cannot set out to make a work that's spiritual. What is a contemporary iconography...

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

I've always felt that if one was going to take seriously this vocation as an...

I've always felt that if one was going to take seriously this vocation as an...

I, in the end, make art for myself.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

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 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...

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...

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...

I feel there's everything to do yet.

I feel there's everything to do yet.

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.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

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...

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,...

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...