Pop Art Is Industrial Painting. I Think

Color Is Crucial In Painting, But It Is Very Hard To Talk About.

A Number Of Artists Have Done Things With Mickey Mouse - Including Claes Oldenburg And Andy Warhol. He's Such An American Symbol, And Such An Anti-art Symbol.

Im Not Really Sure What Social Message My Art Carries, If Any. And I Dont Really Want It To Carry One. Im Not Interested In The Subject Matter To Try To Teach Society Anything, Or To Try To Better Our World In Any Way.

The Big Tradition, I Think, Is Unity. And I Have That In Mind; And With That, You Know, You Could Break All The Traditions- All The Other So-called Rules, Because They Are Stylistic.. And Most Are Not True. As Long As The Marks Are Related To One Another, There Is Unity. Unity In The Work Itself Depends On Unity Of The Artist's Vision.

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.