I like to work alone, because it irritates me if people say something stupid - I just can't stand it... I have a Polish guy who comes in and cleans the studio, but pretty much no one else. [talking over a cappuccino, at the Museum of Modern Art New York, during her show there in 2013]. (Isa Genzken)

I like to work alone, because it irritates me if people say something stupid - I just can't stand it... I have a Polish guy who comes in and cleans the studio, but pretty much no one else. [talking over a cappuccino, at the Museum of Modern Art New York, during her show there in 2013].

Isa Genzken

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