I'm surprised when the work ...

I'm surprised when the work appears beautiful, and very pleased. And I think work can be very good and very successful without being able to call it beautiful, although I'm not clear about that. The work is good when it has a certain completeness; and when it's got a certain completeness, then it's beautiful.
 See image
 Bruce Nauman

Quotes from the same author

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.
 See image
 Bruce Nauman
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.
 See image
 Bruce Nauman