If you really want to do it, you do it. There are no excuses. Bruce Nauman More Quotes by Bruce Nauman More Quotes From Bruce Nauman 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 stupid hands interesting I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing. Bruce Nauman embarrassing influence thinking I get the feeling that sometimes the ideas work very well when you're doing them in the studio alone. Bruce Nauman feelings sometimes I thought I might have to give up art, but I couldn't think of anything else to do. Bruce Nauman giving-up art thinking Pete and Repeat were sitting on a wall. Pete fell off. Who was left? Repeat. Bruce Nauman repeats wall sitting 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 lap swim running And then what makes the work interesting is if you choose the right questions. Bruce Nauman asking-the-right-questions you-choose interesting 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 tasks feelings mean 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. Bruce Nauman artist ifs can-do 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. Bruce Nauman sometimes people thinking I like to combine different aspects in my work, to cover different areas, but I do see them as being separate. Bruce Nauman different It's just strange to think about...whether I'll be an artist or what I'll be doing. Bruce Nauman strange artist thinking 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 studios motivation stills 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 building purpose time beautiful 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 thoughts lie hurt father I've always been interested in what happens in the studio. Bruce Nauman studio been always happens 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 think humor time people
