That freedom that Picasso afforded himself, to be an artist in a huge number of ways, seems to be a huge psychological liberation.

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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.

If you get a bad review, you take that in your stride.

If you get a bad review, you take that in your stride.

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...

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.

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...

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, in the end, make art for myself.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...