Im not really sure what social message my art carries, if any.
ROY LICHTENSTEINWhen I met Steve Kaufman, I thought he was Gene Simmons, but what an artist talent he is. He will be an art force in the art world to deal with.
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Im interested in what would normally be considered the worst aspects of commercial art.
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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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There must be something about art… almost all cultures have done art. It’s a refining of the senses, which are there to keep us alive. As far as we know, no other animals do that.
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I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.
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All my art is in some way about other art, even if the other art is cartoons.
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In America the biggest is the best.
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Outside is the world; it’s there. Pop Art looks out into the world.
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What interests me is to paint the kind of antisensitivity that impregnates modern civilization.
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There is almost nothing you can say that holds up as a generalization, because it depends on too many factors: size, modulation, the rest of the field, a certain consistency that color has with forms, and the statement you’re trying to make.
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I take a cliche and try to organize its forms to make it monumental. The difference is often not great, but it is crucial.
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Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about.
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Art doesn’t transform. It just plain forms.
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Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesnt look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself.
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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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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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