My work is basically an outgrowth of the anger I feel about the human condition. The aspects of it that make me angry are our capacity for cruelty and the ability people have to ignore situations they don't like.
Bruce NaumanMy videos always involve some idea of a human being in a unusual situation-and what happens.
Bruce NaumanAnd 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.
Bruce NaumanGeneralised 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.
Bruce Nauman