Bruce Nauman Quotes

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• And then what makes the work interesting is if you choose the right questions.
• What is it that an artist does when he is left alone in his studio? My conclusion was that if I was an artist and…
• What I am really concerned about is what art is supposed to be - and can become.
• I'm surprised when the work appears beautiful, and very pleased. And I think work can be very good and very successful without being able to…
• And I don't have any specific steps to take because I don't start the same way every time. But there is a knowing when it's…
• But part of the enjoyment I take in it is finding the most efficient way to do it, which doesn't mean the corrections aren't made.…
• I'll talk. You'll listen.
• But if you can find that spot - I suppose it's like running - I used to be a swimmer and swim laps, and you…
• Generalised anger and frustration is something that gets you in the studio, and gets you to work - though it's not necessarily evident in anything…
• I want to be in the studio. I want to be doing something. You just do whatever is at hand, and you don't even worry…
• If I was an artist, and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art.
• And sometimes the question that you pose or the project that you start yourself turns into something else, you know, but at least it gets…
• My videos always involve some idea of a human being in a unusual situation-and what happens.
• The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths.
• A good teacher is like a good artist. They go right to the most difficult part of whatever's going on.
• Did you stop because it was good enough, or could have done more - but then maybe ruined it too? Sometimes you finish because you've…
• I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing.
• 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…
• If you choose the wrong questions and you proceed, you still get a result, but it's not interesting.
• In art, the only one who really knows whether what you've done is honest is the artist.

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