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 LICHTENSTEINPeople mistake the character of line for the character of art. But it’s really the position of line that’s important, or the position of anything, any contrast, not the character of it.
More Roy Lichtenstein Quotes
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We’re not living in a school-of-Paris world, you know, and the things we really see in America are like this. It’s McDonald’s, it’s not Le Corbusier.
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Organized perception is what art is all about.
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When 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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You have no idea where reality is, so to have an idea of what people think is pretty hard.
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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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We like to think of industrialization as being despicable.
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You know, as you compose music, you’re just off in your own world.
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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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I dont have big anxieties. I wish I did. Id be much more interesting.
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You forget that this has been thirty five years now and people don’t look at it as if it were some kind of oddity.
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Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about.
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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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And I dont really want it to carry one. Im not interested in the subject matter to try to teach society anything, or to try to better our world in any way.
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Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don’t really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don’t think you could do this.
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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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