“I think the difference between me and some of the other YBAs [Young British Artists] was that I was ambitious for the work, and not ambitious for myself.”

—  Rachel Whiteread

As quoted in "Still breaking the mould" by Gordon Burn in The Guardian (11 October 2005)

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