I dont have big anxieties. I wish I did. Id be much more interesting.
ROY LICHTENSTEINEverybody 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.
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I don’t think of form as a kind of architecture. The architecture is the result of the forming. It is the kinesthetic and visual sense of position and wholeness that puts the thing into the realm of art.
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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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Pop Art is industrial painting.
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Use the worst colour you can find in each place – it usually is the best.
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Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about.
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Im not really sure what social message my art carries, if any.
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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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I think its the tension between what seems to be so rigid and cliched and the fact that art really cant be this way.
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Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about.
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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 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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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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I’d always wanted to know the difference between a mark that was art and one that wasn’t.
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Im interested in what would normally be considered the worst aspects of commercial art.
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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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