Painting is like being a lawyer and attacking a corporation. John Currin More Quotes by John Currin More Quotes From John Currin I wonder whether there is such a thing as critical art. I suppose there are portraits of people who could destroy you. John Currin portraits people art In a capitalist system, things are valued by what people will pay for them. John Currin capitalist pay people It wasn't really until after I got out of art school that I realized that I'd been doing that sort of for the audience, for that context. Somehow, being alone in the room, it made no sense at all to make those kinds of paintings. John Currin rooms art school I think a lot of people take a scholarly approach where they feel like you're supposed to study things that depress you. John Currin depressing people thinking When I went to college, and I went to art school, I started to realize that Warhol was cool and that pop art was fun. John Currin fun art school