We live in a fractured world. I've always seen it as my role as an artist to attempt to make wholeness.

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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...

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...

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...

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

All ideas grow out of other ideas.

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...

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...

What interests me is the sense of the darkness that we carry within us, the...

What interests me is the sense of the darkness that we carry within us, the...

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

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

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

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

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

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 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'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.

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.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...