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But usually I begin things through a drawing, so a lot of things are worked out in the drawing. But even then, I still allow for and want to make changes.

Roy Lichtenstein

Painting stems from a sense of organisation, the sensed positions of contrasts. Not that it is about this.
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Contrast Organisation Painting Position Stem
Picasso’s always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso, and even my cartoons of Picasso were done almost to rid myself of his influence.
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Always Away Cartoon Done Influence Painting Picasso Start Such Thing
My work isn’t about form. It’s about seeing. I’m excited about seeing things, and I’m interested in the way I think other people see things.
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Interest People See Thing Thinking Vision Work
Yes, you know sometimes, we started out thinking out how strange our painting was next to normal painting, which was anything expressionist.
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Anything Expressionist Next Normal Oddities Painting Sometimes Strange Think Thinking Year
All my art is in some way about other art, even if the other art is cartoons.
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Art Cartoon Even Some Way
Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about.
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Color Consistency Hard Painting Trying Very
Im not really sure what social message my art carries, if any.
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Art Carries Message Our Really Social Sure Trying World
Yeah, you know, you like it to come on like gangbusters, but you get into passages that are very interesting and subtle, and sometimes your original intent changes quite a bit.
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Change Come Gangbuster Interest Interesting Passage Sometimes Subtitle
The big tradition, I think, is unity. And I have that in mind; and with that, you know, you could break all the traditions- all the other so-called rules, because they are stylistic.. and most are not true.
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Artist Big Break Know Long Mind Thinking Tradition
A number of artists have done things with Mickey Mouse – including Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol. He’s such an American symbol, and such an anti-art symbol.
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Artist Cartoon Country Done Include Interest Mickey Mouse Number People Peron
There are certain things that are usable, forceful, and vital about commercial art. We’re using those things – but we’re not really advocating stupidity, international teenagerism, and terrorism.
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Advocating Certain Commercial Forceful International Teenagerism Really Stupidity Terrorism Thing Usable Vital
I think that most people think painters are kind of ridiculous, you know?
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Kind Know Most Painter People Ridiculous Thinking
My direction is very anti-contemplative. If you thought I was for commercial products, you’d think there was no irony. The irony isn’t meant to be an ironic comment on our society, exactly.
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Anti Commercial Contemplative Direction Ironic Irony Product Think Thinking
I don’t really know what to make of it. There’s something terribly brittle about it. I suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket rather than under a gas pump, but signs and comic strips are interesting as subject matter.
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Basket Interest Make Matter Picnic Prefer Something Strip Subject Suppose Terribly
Usually I begin things through a drawing, so a lot of things are worked out in the drawing. But even then, I still allow for and want to make changes.
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Come Draw Lot Mind Painting Thing Trying Usually Worl Yeah
But when I worked on a painting I would do it from a drawing but I would put certain things I was fairly sure I wanted in the painting, and then collage on the painting with printed dots or painted paper or something before I really committed it.
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Certain Dot Draw Drawing Paint Paper Sure Thing Want

But usually I begin things through a drawing, so a lot of things are worked out in the drawing. But even then, I still allow for and want to make changes.

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