Yes, you know sometimes, we started out thinking out how strange our painting was next to normal painting, which was anything expressionist.
ROY LICHTENSTEINWe like to think of industrialization as being despicable.
More Roy Lichtenstein Quotes
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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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I don’t think that I’m over his influence but they probably don’t look like Picassos; Picasso himself would probably have thrown up looking at my pictures.
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Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about.
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Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about.
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Pop Art is industrial painting.
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We like to think of industrialization as being despicable.
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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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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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The things that I have apparently parodied I actually admire.
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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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Outside is the world; it’s there. Pop Art looks out into the world.
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I kind of do the drawing with the painting in mind, but it’s very hard to guess at a size or a color and all the colors around it and what it will really look like.
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People 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.
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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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Im interested in what would normally be considered the worst aspects of commercial art.
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