“I live moment by moment. When I work, I’m happy. Art gives me a purpose for living”
“I realized the importance of creating work that reflected my experiences, and that was taken from our own soil”
“Indian mythology is like an ocean. Each time I dip into it, it gives me something new”
“I grew up surrounded by mythological stories and folklore at home. It all came back to me later when I began working on my art”
“My interest in Indian mythologies is endless. It’s like a sea of inspiration, stories and art that I want to explore more and more”
“The Devi is merely symbolic of the power of women and therefore also fit for deification”
“Colour is an endless joy for me; any combination can be played with”
“I don’t work in a traditional manner. The colours I use are not the mainstream but from pop era”
“I wish to give a surreal feeling to my paintings, hence I place mythical images in my own landscapes”
“And then again the world that I choose to draw my creativity from abounds in myths. And the world of myths is an ocean. And the more one gets into it, the more one can find valuable aspects to it. The beauty of Indian philosophy is that you can always probe. Try to find meaning. And in that it is an endless journey”
“I also learnt that I must continue to evolve, continue to experiment, if I should be relevant and meaningful to the society I live in. To me artistic achievement, success and being different is not a fixed point from where you can talk down to people. It is a state of flux and I am part of it”
- K. Muralidharan
