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> [In art, the only one who really knows whether what you've done is honest is the artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-nauman/in-art-the-only-one-who-really-knows-whether-what-you-ve-done-is/)

[Bruce Nauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-nauman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/bruce-nauman-16839_art_in-art-the-only-one-who-really-knows-whe_386821.png)

## More by Bruce Nauman

> [My work is basically an outgrowth of the anger I feel about the human condition. The aspects of it that make me angry are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-nauman/my-work-is-basically-an-outgrowth-of-the-anger-i-feel-about-the-human/)

[Bruce Nauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-nauman/)

> [Did you stop because it was good enough, or could have done more - but then maybe ruined it too? Sometimes you finish because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-nauman/did-you-stop-because-it-was-good-enough-or-could-have-done-more-but/)

[Bruce Nauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-nauman/)

> [In art, the only one who really knows whether what you've done is honest is the artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-nauman/in-art-the-only-one-who-really-knows-whether-what-you-ve-done-is/)

[Bruce Nauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-nauman/)

> [I like to combine different aspects in my work, to cover different areas, but I do see them as being separate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-nauman/i-like-to-combine-different-aspects-in-my-work-to-cover-different/)

[Bruce Nauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-nauman/)

> [If I was an artist, and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-nauman/if-i-was-an-artist-and-i-was-in-the-studio-then-whatever-i-was-doing/)

[Bruce Nauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-nauman/)

> [A good teacher is like a good artist. They go right to the most difficult part of whatever's going on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-nauman/a-good-teacher-is-like-a-good-artist-they-go-right-to-the-most/)

[Bruce Nauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-nauman/)

> [And so I put down some of the things that he said, about keeping your tools sharpened and not letting them lie on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-nauman/and-so-i-put-down-some-of-the-things-that-he-said-about-keeping-your/)

[Bruce Nauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-nauman/)

> [Pete and Repeat were sitting on a wall. Pete fell off. Who was left? Repeat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-nauman/pete-and-repeat-were-sitting-on-a-wall-pete-fell-off-who-was-left/)

[Bruce Nauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-nauman/)

> [I've always been interested in what happens in the studio.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-nauman/i-ve-always-been-interested-in-what-happens-in-the-studio/)

[Bruce Nauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-nauman/)

> [One of the factors that still keeps me in the studio is that every so often I have to more or less start all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-nauman/one-of-the-factors-that-still-keeps-me-in-the-studio-is-that-every-so/)

[Bruce Nauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-nauman/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-nauman/in-this-case-we-re-building-a-corner-to-stretch-a-fence-and-hang-a/)

[Bruce Nauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-nauman/)

> [But if you can find that spot - I suppose it's like running - I used to be a swimmer and swim laps, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-nauman/but-if-you-can-find-that-spot-i-suppose-it-s-like-running-i-used-to/)

[Bruce Nauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-nauman/)

> [If you choose the wrong questions and you proceed, you still get a result, but it's not interesting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-nauman/if-you-choose-the-wrong-questions-and-you-proceed-you-still-get-a/)

[Bruce Nauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-nauman/)

> [It's interesting when you make things or do things that open up the possibilities for making more things, or different kinds of things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-nauman/it-s-interesting-when-you-make-things-or-do-things-that-open-up-the/)

[Bruce Nauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-nauman/)

> [I thought I might have to give up art, but I couldn't think of anything else to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-nauman/i-thought-i-might-have-to-give-up-art-but-i-couldn-t-think-of/)

[Bruce Nauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-nauman/)

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