The eye is a very quick instrument, much quicker than the ear. The eye gets it immediately.

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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...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

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...

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

I feel there's everything to do yet.

I feel there's everything to do yet.

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...

I, in the end, make art for myself.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

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...

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.

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...

It's the role of the artist to pursue content.

It's the role of the artist to pursue content.

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...