People think one-point and two-point perspective is how the world actually looks, but of course, it isn't. It's a convention. Roy Lichtenstein More Quotes by Roy Lichtenstein More Quotes From Roy Lichtenstein The things that I have apparently parodied I actually admire. Roy Lichtenstein admire Im interested in what would normally be considered the worst aspects of commercial art. I think its the tension between what seems to be so rigid and cliched and the fact that art really cant be this way. Roy Lichtenstein way art thinking I think that most people think painters are kind of ridiculous, you know? Roy Lichtenstein ridiculous people thinking But usually I begin things through a drawing, so a lot of things are worked out in the drawing. But even then, I still allow for and want to make changes. Roy Lichtenstein making-changes drawing want Painting stems from a sense of organisation, the sensed positions of contrasts. Not that it is about this. Roy Lichtenstein contrast stem painting When I met Steve Kaufman, I thought he was Gene Simmons, but what an artist talent he is. He will be an art force in the art world to deal with. Roy Lichtenstein talent world art Everybody knows that abstract art can be art, and most people know that they may not like it, even if they understand there's another purpose to it. Roy Lichtenstein purpose people art Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about. Roy Lichtenstein painting colour color My direction is very anti-contemplative. If you thought I was for commercial products, you'd think there was no irony. The irony isn't meant to be an ironic comment on our society, exactly. Roy Lichtenstein irony ironic thinking I don't think of form as a kind of architecture. The architecture is the result of the forming. It is the kinesthetic and visual sense of position and wholeness that puts the thing into the realm of art. Roy Lichtenstein architecture art thinking 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. Roy Lichtenstein believe looks thinking Yes, you know sometimes, we started out thinking out how strange our painting was next to normal painting, which was anything expressionist. You forget that this has been thirty five years now and people don't look at it as if it were some kind of oddity. Roy Lichtenstein oddities years thinking Picasso's always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso, and even my cartoons of Picasso were done almost to rid myself of his influence. Roy Lichtenstein painting cartoon done Yeah, you know, you like it to come on like gangbusters, but you get into passages that are very interesting and subtle, and sometimes your original intent changes quite a bit. Roy Lichtenstein change sometimes interesting Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about. There is almost nothing you can say that holds up as a generalization, because it depends on too many factors: size, modulation, the rest of the field, a certain consistency that color has with forms, and the statement you're trying to make. Roy Lichtenstein consistency color trying I suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket rather than under a gas pump, but signs and comic strips are interesting as subject matter. Roy Lichtenstein pumps tree interesting I don't think that I'm over his influence but they probably don't look like Picassos; Picasso himself would probably have thrown up looking at my pictures. Roy Lichtenstein influence looks thinking In America the biggest is the best. Roy Lichtenstein standards america But when I worked on a painting I would do it from a drawing but I would put certain things I was fairly sure I wanted in the painting, and then collage on the painting with printed dots or painted paper or something before I really committed it. Roy Lichtenstein dots drawing paper I dont have big anxieties. I wish I did. Id be much more interesting. Roy Lichtenstein anxiety art interesting
