Of course, the '60s was a study in decadence. Everything just got worse and worse, and at the end of the '60s, everything was so horrible that people were killing each other. Claes Oldenburg More Quotes by Claes Oldenburg More Quotes From Claes Oldenburg I like to treat paint as material - to daub it, drop it, let it slide. There was Action Painting, but I also compare it to paint effects found on the streets. This approach is superimposed on a sculptural surface that is also 'painterly.' Claes Oldenburg treat like painting action