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All the fun is locking horns with impossibilities.


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Everything I do is completely original-I made it up when I was a kid.

Everything I do is completely original-I made it up when I was a kid.



I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself, that twists and extends and accumulates and spits and drips, and is heavy and coarse and blunt and sweet and stupid as life itself.

I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself, that twists and extends and accumulates and spits and drips, and is heavy and coarse and blunt and sweet and stupid as life itself.



I am for an art that grows up not knowing it is art at all.

I am for an art that grows up not knowing it is art at all.



My rule was not to paint things as they were. I wasn't copying; I was remaking them as my own.

My rule was not to paint things as they were. I wasn't copying; I was remaking them as my own.



The main reason for the colossal objects is the obvious one, to expand and intensify the presence of the vessel - the object.

The main reason for the colossal objects is the obvious one, to expand and intensify the presence of the vessel - the object.



Art is a technique of communication. The image is the most complete technique of all communication.

Art is a technique of communication. The image is the most complete technique of all communication.



For a thorough use of ice cream cones, buy two; eat one and drop the other.

For a thorough use of ice cream cones, buy two; eat one and drop the other.



I am for an art that tells you the time of day, or where such and such a street is. I am for an art that helps old ladies across the street.

I am for an art that tells you the time of day, or where such and such a street is. I am for an art that helps old ladies across the street.



If I didn't think what I was doing had something to do with enlarging the boundaries of art, I wouldn't go on doing it.

If I didn't think what I was doing had something to do with enlarging the boundaries of art, I wouldn't go on doing it.



I am for the art of underwear and the art of taxicabs. I am for the art of ice cream cones dropped on concrete.

I am for the art of underwear and the art of taxicabs. I am for the art of ice cream cones dropped on concrete.





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A perfectly clear photograph is a distortion of reality.

A perfectly clear photograph is a distortion of reality.



I lack what the English call character, by which they mean the power to refrain.

I lack what the English call character, by which they mean the power to refrain.



Who says I like right angles? These are not my laws, these are not my rules.

Who says I like right angles? These are not my laws, these are not my rules.



So often these days eating Indian food passes for spirituality. I don't meditate, I don't pray, but I eat two samosa's every day.

So often these days eating Indian food passes for spirituality. I don't meditate, I don't pray, but I eat two samosa's every day.



Type production has gone mad, with its senseless outpouring of new types... only in degenerate times can personality (opposed to the nameless masses) become the aim of human development.

Type production has gone mad, with its senseless outpouring of new types... only in degenerate times can personality (opposed to the nameless masses) become the aim of human development.



Much water goeth by the millThat the miller knoweth not of.

Much water goeth by the millThat the miller knoweth not of.



I don't expect anybody here to cheerlead for Donald Trump. I expect us to have platforms like this, where we can fairly and effectively and respectfully come in and state the case on his behalf.

I don't expect anybody here to cheerlead for Donald Trump. I expect us to have platforms like this, where we can fairly and effectively and respectfully come in and state the case on his behalf.



I dislike a picture that is too suave or too skilfully done. But, contrariwise, I also dislike a picture that looks too inept or blundering.

I dislike a picture that is too suave or too skilfully done. But, contrariwise, I also dislike a picture that looks too inept or blundering.



Outside of show business, I live a normal life.

Outside of show business, I live a normal life.




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