It's the role of the artist to pursue content

I've always felt that if one was going to take seriously this vocation as an artist, you have to get beyond that decorative facade

I'm not necessarily interested in being the best Indian artist. I want to be the best artist I can be. That's enough of a declaration of intent.

It's the role of the artist to pursue content

That freedom that Picasso afforded himself, to be an artist in a huge number of ways, seems to be a huge psychological liberation.

I'm not an artist who has an agenda that's set by the work

You know that day after day of, Oh God what am I going to do with myself feeling? The fear of the emptiness that it implies keeps me going