53 Quotes by Bruce Nauman

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

I don’t like to think about being an influence. It’s embarrassing.

I’ll talk. You’ll listen.

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.

It’s interesting when you make things or do things that open up the possibilities for making more things, or different kinds of things.

What I am really concerned about is what art is supposed to be – and can become.

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 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.