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Bruce Nauman Quotes

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I’ll talk. You’ll listen.  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) I’ve always been interested in what happens in the studio  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) A good teacher is like a good artist. They go right to the most difficult part of whatever’s going on.  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 like to have a feeling of the whole task before I start, even if it changes  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) What I am really concerned about is what art is supposed to be - and can become  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) But if you can find that spot - I suppose it’s like running - I used to be a swimmer and swim laps, and you just have to be there with what you’re doing  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) 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 Quotes) I think humor is used a lot of the time to keep people from getting too close. Humor side-steps and shifts the meaning  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) And then what makes the work interesting is if you choose the right questions  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) I don’t like to think about being an influence. It’s embarrassing  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) I’ll talk. You’ll listen  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) If you really want to do it, you do it. There are no excuses  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) If I was an artist, and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) 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 Quotes) If you choose the wrong questions and you proceed, you still get a result, but it’s not interesting  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) In art, the only one who really knows whether what you’ve done is honest is the artist  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) 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 I was in the studio, then everything I was doing in the studio should be art... From that point on, art became more of an activity and less of a product  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) 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 call it beautiful, although I’m not clear about that. The work is good when it has a certain completeness, and when it’s got a certain completeness, then it’s beautiful  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) One of the factors that still keeps me in the studio is that every so often I have to more or less start all over  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) 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 you started  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) A good teacher is like a good artist. They go right to the most difficult part of whatever’s going on  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) When I was in art school, I thought art was something I would learn how to do, and then I would just do it. At a certain point I realized that it wasn’t going to work like that. Basically, I would have to start over every day and figure out what art was going to be  (Bruce Nauman Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes)
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