I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.

Quote by Roy Lichtenstein

Topics: Art Quotes

You know, as you compose music, you're just off in your own world. You have...

You know, as you compose music, you're just off in your own world. You have...

Picasso's always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon...

Picasso's always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon...

I suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket...

I suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket...

Yes, you know sometimes, we started out thinking out how strange our painting was next...

Yes, you know sometimes, we started out thinking out how strange our painting was next...

I don't have big anxieties. I wish I did. I'd be much more interesting.

I don't have big anxieties. I wish I did. I'd be much more interesting.

But when I worked on a painting I would do it from a drawing but...

But when I worked on a painting I would do it from a drawing but...

There is a relationship between cartooning and people like Mir= and Picasso which may not...

There is a relationship between cartooning and people like Mir= and Picasso which may not...

I'm not really sure what social message my art carries, if any. And I don't...

I'm not really sure what social message my art carries, if any. And I don't...

I think we're much smarter than we were. Everybody knows that abstract art can be...

I think we're much smarter than we were. Everybody knows that abstract art can be...

Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal...

Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal...

I don't think that I'm over his influence but they probably don't look like Picassos;...

I don't think that I'm over his influence but they probably don't look like Picassos;...

Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesn't look like a painting of something,...

Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesn't look like a painting of something,...

I think that most people think painters are kind of ridiculous, you know?

I think that most people think painters are kind of ridiculous, you know?

Yeah, you know, you like it to come on like gangbusters, but you get into...

Yeah, you know, you like it to come on like gangbusters, but you get into...

Art doesn't transform. It just plain forms.

Art doesn't transform. It just plain forms.

I kind of do the drawing with the painting in mind, but it's very hard...

I kind of do the drawing with the painting in mind, but it's very hard...

But usually I begin things through a drawing, so a lot of things are worked...

But usually I begin things through a drawing, so a lot of things are worked...

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political...

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political...

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and...

Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and...