There's something imminent in the work, but the circle is only completed by the viewer.

Quote by Anish Kapoor

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Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

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

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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.

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 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...

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 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.

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.

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...

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...

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

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...

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....

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

The idea is that the object has a language unto itself.

The idea is that the object has a language unto itself.

I feel there's everything to do yet.

I feel there's everything to do yet.