Gabriel Orozco:

People forget that I want to disappoint. I use that word deliberately. I want to disappoint the expectations of the one who waits to be amazed.

I think that's the main thing that draws me into Orozco's work.

For the record, I don't like everything Orozco does. Yet with each and every piece he forces me to put aside my assumptions and expectations of what it is I'm looking at or experiencing, whether it's bicycles, cars, yogurt caps, a shoebox, a ping pong (or ping pond) table, or a photograph.

I'm moved by art that challenges me, that forces me to look deeper, longer. Orozco does it to me every time. And I, in turn, am inspired to do the same.