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title: "1 Work Stuff Quotes By Bruce Nauman"
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> [I like to use my hands and make things... It might seem pretty stupid or pointless but that doesn't matter... some of the most interesting work is the stuff that starts like that - out of a raw need for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-nauman/i-like-to-use-my-hands-and-make-things-it-might-seem-pretty-stupid-or/)

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

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## 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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