I'm interested in what would normally be considered the worst aspects of commercial art. I think it's the tension between what seems to be so rigid and cliched and the fact that art really can't be this way.

Quote by Roy Lichtenstein

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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;...

Art doesn't transform. It just plain forms.

Art doesn't transform. It just plain forms.

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

In America the biggest is the best.

In America the biggest is the best.

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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?

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 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.

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...

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...