One of the great currents in the contemporary experience of art is that it seems to come out of the experience of the author.

Quote by Anish Kapoor

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Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

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'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...

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

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.

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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 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...

A work will only have deep resonance if the kind of darkness I can generate...

A work will only have deep resonance if the kind of darkness I can generate...

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...

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 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...

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...

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've nothing to say.

I've nothing to say.