When I was a young boy, I was obsessed with skulls and mummies and things like that. H. R. Giger More Quotes by H. R. Giger More Quotes From H. R. Giger There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it. H. R. Giger hopebeautylooks A good many people think as I do. If they like my work they are creative . . . or they are crazy. H. R. Giger crazypeoplethinking You get talent when you discover the ground of your pain. H. R. Giger talentpain When the mouth is closed it looks very voluptuous, beautiful. But when it opens its jaws the tongue inside the mouth is more like a spear... also very suggestive... which penetrates the head with greater velocity, snagging bits of brain. From Beauty to the Beast. H. R. Giger brainbeautifullooks My paintings seem to make the strongest impression on people who are, well, who are crazy. H. R. Giger paintingcrazypeople Some people would say my paintings show a future world and maybe they do, but I paint from reality. I put several things and ideas together, and perhaps, when I have finished, it could show the future. H. R. Giger realitypeopleideas Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is. H. R. Giger depressingbloodthinking The Dutch customs once thought my pictures were photos. Where on earth did they think I could have photographed my subjects? In Hell, perhaps? H. R. Giger dutchearththinking The designs and my credit have been stolen from me, since I alone have designed the Alien. So why does Fox not give me the credit I rightfully earned? As for those responsible for this conspiracy: all I can wish them is an Alien breeding inside their chests, which might just remind them that the Alien father is HR Giger. H. R. Giger designgivingfather I like elegance. I like art nouveau; a stretched line or curve. These things are very much in the foreground of my work. H. R. Giger curveslinesart In an age in which the classic words of the Surrealists— 'As beautiful as the unexpected meeting, on a dissecting table, of a sewing machine and an umbrella'—can become reality and perfectly achievable with an atom bomb, so too has there been a surge of interest in biomechanoids H. R. Giger agebeautifulreality The creature we finally ended up building is biomechanical to the extent that he has physically grown into, or maybe even out of, his seat, - he's integrated totally into the function he performs. H. R. Giger integratedfunctionbuilding You know I was curious - I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings because I myself have not analyzed why they have turned out like this or like that. H. R. Giger paintingmysterykind To wear something like that your whole life is the largest compliment someone can pay to you as an artist. H. R. Giger artistlife-ispay You know, it was just another presentation of my work, and a funny one, because the cards are quite different from the normal Tarot deck, no? H. R. Giger differenttarotcards The more famous I get, the more I am tolerated, albeit with some head-shaking. H. R. Giger shaking I don't know, if somebody doesn't tell me how would I know? H. R. Giger howtellknowme No, I didn't work it out upside down, I never turned it around. H. R. Giger downneverupside-downwork I was my mother's favorite, and she'd help me with everything. H. R. Giger helpeverythingmemother You know, I said I have this problem that I need to more carefully read Akron's text because it's too much, too much fantasy, and so I am busy with other stuff - it's funny, it's nice to hear that someone is studying that carefully and now I know a little bit more about that. H. R. Giger i-amyoubusyfunny
