Anish Kapoor: 'Artists are not makers of luxury goods'

‘I look to make objects that question the nature of objects’: Anish Kapoor at his studio in south London. Photograph: Sophia Evans/The Observer

British-Indian artist Anish Kapoor, 66, is mounting his largest-ever UK exhibition of outdoor sculpture at Houghton Hall in Norfolk from late March, including his famous Sky Mirror, a five-metre stainless steel disc that turns the world around it upside down.

What kind of things did you want to show at Houghton Hall?
It’s one of the great houses of England, with a great history, and extensive grounds. I decided the stone works that I’ve made over the past 25 years, and I’ve never shown in the UK before, would sit quite well there. Then it felt right to put in some mirror works, and put the Sky Mirror in the grounds. It came together as quite a precise project.