List of Bruce Nauman Quotes

It's Just Strange To Think About...whether I'll Be An Artist Or What I'll Be Doing.

I Like To Combine Different Aspects In My Work, To Cover Different Areas, But I Do See Them As Being Separate.

Sometimes I Just Have A Few People Over To See The New Work, And I Think It Works Better Than In A Museum Situation, Where The Public Is Just Presented With A Large Area.

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.

And Then What Makes The Work Interesting Is If You Choose The Right Questions.

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.

And The Part About Being A Professional Artist Is That You Can Tell, And You Can Do It Over Again, Even If You Can't Say How You Got There Exactly.

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.

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.

I Get The Feeling That Sometimes The Ideas Work Very Well When You're Doing Them In The Studio Alone.

I Don't Like To Think About Being An Influence. It's Embarrassing.

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.