Everybody knows that abstract art can be art, and most people know that they may not like it, even if they understand there’s another purpose to it.
ROY LICHTENSTEINI 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.
More Roy Lichtenstein Quotes
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Use the worst colour you can find in each place – it usually is the best.
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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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Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about.
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I dont have big anxieties. I wish I did. Id be much more interesting.
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Im not really sure what social message my art carries, if any.
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The things that I have apparently parodied I actually admire.
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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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We like to think of industrialization as being despicable.
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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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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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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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All my art is in some way about other art, even if the other art is cartoons.
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I’d always wanted to know the difference between a mark that was art and one that wasn’t.
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Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about.
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You know, as you compose music, you’re just off in your own world.
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