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Bruce Nauman

"If you choose the wrong questions and you proceed, you still get a result, but it's not interesting."

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"If you choose the wrong questions and you proceed, you still get a result, but it's not interesting."

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"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."
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"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."
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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."
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"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."
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"What I am really concerned about is what art is supposed to be - and can become."
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"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."
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"I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing."
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"If you really want to do it, you do it. There are no excuses."
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"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."
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