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 Read Quote
And so I put down some of the things that he said, about keeping your tools sharpened and not letting them lie on the ground where they get hurt or get abused and dirty and can’t find them. And some thoughts about how his father used to do things. Bruce Nauman Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 enough and you can leave it alone. Bruce Nauman Read Quote
What I am really concerned about is what art is supposed to be – and can become. Bruce Nauman Read Quote
If you choose the wrong questions and you proceed, you still get a result, but it’s not interesting. Bruce Nauman Read Quote
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 Read Quote
