In art, the only one who really knows whether what you've done is honest is the artist.
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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 activity.Bruce Nauman
If you're an amateur artist, you can get it sometimes and not other times and you can't tell and you can't always do it over again.
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 you've gone too far.
Bruce Nauman
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 that's finished.
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. I needed to do this. But at the same time, it made a beautiful structure.
Bruce Nauman
In the studio, I don't do a lot of work that requires repetitive activity. I spend a lot of time looking and thinking and then try to find the most efficient way to get what I want, whether it's making a drawing or a sculpture, or casting plaster or whatever.
Bruce Nauman
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