Factors Quote 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…

— 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…

— Bruce Nauman

In art, the only one who really knows whether what you've done is honest is the artist.

— Bruce Nauman

I like to combine different aspects in my work, to cover different areas, but I do see them as being separate.

— Bruce Nauman

If I was an artist, and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art.

— Bruce Nauman

A good teacher is like a good artist. They go right to the most difficult part of whatever's going on.

— 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…

— Bruce Nauman

Pete and Repeat were sitting on a wall. Pete fell off. Who was left? Repeat.

— Bruce Nauman

I've always been interested in what happens in the studio.

— 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.…

— 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…

— Bruce Nauman

If you choose the wrong questions and you proceed, you still get a result, but it's not interesting.

— Bruce Nauman