When I was in art school, I thought art was something I would learn how to do, and then I would just do it. At a certain point I realized that it wasn't going to work like that. Basically, I… — Bruce Nauman Copy Share Image
My work is basically an outgrowth of the anger I feel about the human condition. The aspects of it that make me angry are… — Bruce Nauman Copy Share Image
Did you stop because it was good enough, or could have done more - but then maybe ruined it too? Sometimes you finish because… — Bruce Nauman Copy Share Image
In art, the only one who really knows whether what you've done is honest is the artist. — Bruce Nauman Copy Share Image
I like to combine different aspects in my work, to cover different areas, but I do see them as being separate. — Bruce Nauman Copy Share Image
If I was an artist, and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art. — Bruce Nauman Copy Share Image
A good teacher is like a good artist. They go right to the most difficult part of whatever's going on. — Bruce Nauman Copy Share Image
And so I put down some of the things that he said, about keeping your tools sharpened and not letting them lie on the… — Bruce Nauman Copy Share Image
Pete and Repeat were sitting on a wall. Pete fell off. Who was left? Repeat. — Bruce Nauman Copy Share Image
One of the factors that still keeps me in the studio is that every so often I have to more or less start all… — Bruce Nauman Copy Share Image
In this case we're building a corner to stretch a fence and hang a gate. It had a real purpose in the ranch here.… — Bruce Nauman Copy Share Image
But if you can find that spot - I suppose it's like running - I used to be a swimmer and swim laps, and… — Bruce Nauman Copy Share Image
If you choose the wrong questions and you proceed, you still get a result, but it's not interesting. — Bruce Nauman Copy Share Image
It's interesting when you make things or do things that open up the possibilities for making more things, or different kinds of things. — Bruce Nauman Copy Share Image
I thought I might have to give up art, but I couldn't think of anything else to do. — Bruce Nauman Copy Share Image
