"We live in a fractured world. I've always seen it as my role as an artist to attempt to make wholeness."

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Source : Interview with John Tusa, anishkapoor.com.

Anish Kapoor

#Artist Quotes #Roles Quotes #World Quotes

“Though it is possible to utter words only with the intention to fulfill the will of God, it is very difficult not to think about the impression which they will produce on men and not to form them accordingly. But deeds you can do quite unknown to men, only for God. And such deeds are the greatest joy that a man can experience.”
“Don't underestimate questions from the crowd; technology has made voters more informed than ever.”
“At the end of the day, we have to write music that makes us happy and the day that we stop loving what we doâ€¦weâ€™ll quit.”
“I can see why many Southerners, black ones in particular, don't like the implication that Southernness and the Confederate heritage are one and the same, because they're not. On the other hand, there are people who want to extirpate that completely and want folks to spit on the graves of their ancestors.”
“We went to see him later (on Saturday night) and he was sitting on his hospital bed, getting pelters from my missus for still being in his dirty kit, absolutely stinking.”
“American sex is generally straight. It happens at 11 o'clock Saturday night. In the rural areas, it happens at nine and it happens pretty fast. Got to get up the next morning, especially if there're kids. Can't make noise, either, wake the kids.”
“No. He says when you're dealing with any kids of supernatural beings, Gods and Devils and angels, you tend to think about them like hurricanes or earthquakes, some kind of mindless force of nature. But if they're real, then they have minds. They know your name. So even reading about the Devil tips him off, he knows instantly he's being read about and that you're somebody he may have to deal with. And I'm thinking what you did in Vegas went way, way beyond that." "What 'I' did? What about us? We were both there." "Yeah but I cut my hair since then. They probably think that was a different guy.”
“God, please now my future see, make it clear where I should be. Open windows, close the doors, not my will, my God, but Yours.”

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