Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don't really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don't think you could do this.

Quote by Roy Lichtenstein

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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'm interested in what would normally be considered the worst aspects of commercial art. I...

I'm interested in what would normally be considered the worst aspects of commercial art. I...

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...

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,...

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Art doesn't transform. It just plain forms.

Art doesn't transform. It just plain forms.

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...

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.

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...

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;...

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...