The internet has huge advantages but its downside is the easy access to resources. Horace Panter More Quotes by Horace Panter More Quotes From Horace Panter I am interested in Icons, not just religious works but also contemporary icons. I also like the way the Pop movement of the 60s took subjects from consumer products and people - soup cans, comic books, film stars - and elevated them through art, just like in traditional iconography. Horace Panter stars religious art In my moments of down time I tend to listen to Blues. Horace Panter down-time moments Young people are still experiencing the thrill of three chords and over-amplified guitars. They always will. Horace Panter guitar three people My encyclopedic knowledge of rock and roll is a millstone around my neck. Horace Panter necks rock-and-roll rocks To me, NOTHING is 'new'. Horace Panter The first time I had work in a public space it felt very strange to see people that I didn't know looking and, and presumably commenting on, my work. Nowadays, I'm a bit more fatalistic - they either like the work or they don't and there's not a lot I can do about that. The trick seems to be not to get too pissed on open nights so that I can answer any questions without making a fool of myself. Doesn't always work! Horace Panter space night people I don't feel qualified to comment on whether or not the internet has damaged collaboration and creativity. That is not my experience... my experience is that I have had access to meeting people online that I might otherwise not have met, gone on to meet them in real life and collaborated on fun projects. Horace Panter creativity real fun Just because you can make an album on a laptop computer in your back bedroom doesn't mean it's going to be any good. Like any 'product', it has to come from a good original idea. There are no shortcuts! Horace Panter albums mean ideas I think there are still plenty of free-thinking creative people out there. There always will be. Horace Panter creative people thinking Art is my 'solo career' if you like. Musically, as a bass player, I depend on other musicians to play, whereas, with painting, I'm on my own. I find it quite easy to switch heads and I enjoy both the mayhem of being on tour and the serenity of being alone in my art studio. Horace Panter careers player art It would be difficult to do art without music (music subsidises the art). Horace Panter difficult would-be art I'm always on the look out for 'the good image'. I'm like The Borg (you know, Star Trek) inasmuch as I assimilate everything - but I like to think I'm working in the Pop Art tradition. Horace Panter stars art thinking I still get a buzz from seeing young kids making music. Horace Panter buzz young kids
