Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.
Anish KapoorRead
One doesn't make art for other people, even though I am very concerned with the viewer
Interpretation
Art is a personal expression rather than solely a means to please or cater to the audience.
Anish Kapoor emphasizes that the true essence of creating art lies in personal expression and experience. While he acknowledges the importance of the viewer, he suggests that the motive behind art should stem from the artist’s own vision and creativity, rather than a desire for validation or approval from an audience.
In practice
During a gallery opening when discussing the intentions behind the artwork.
Art is the easiest thing in my life, and that's ironic. It doesn't mean I've worked little on it, but it's the only thing I never had to... I have no fear. I could take risks.
My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.
In film, you have to let go sometimes.
I find that kid actors are great reminders of the simplicity of acting. As you get older, you can sometimes complicate things a little more. You can become too aware of, 'Okay, this is the scene emotionally. This is where we need to be. We've got the climax coming up.' You can start to analyze it too much.
Copy is not written. If anyone tells you ‘you write copy’, sneer at them. Copy is not written. Copy is assembled. You do not write copy, you assemble it. You are working with a series of building blocks, you are putting the building blocks together, and then you are putting them in certain structures, you are building a little city of desire for your person to come and live in.
...to be a poet, requires a mythology of the self. The self described is the poet self, to which the daily self (and others) are often ruthlessly sacrificed. The poet self is the real self, the other one is the carrier; and when the poet self dies, the person dies.
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