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

Quote by Anish Kapoor

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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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 feel there's everything to do yet.

I feel there's everything to do yet.

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.

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...

Red, of course, is the colour of the interior of our bodies. In a way...

Red, of course, is the colour of the interior of our bodies. In a way...

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

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.

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...