Most artists are doing basically the same thing - staying off the streets. — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
Good art should elicit a response of 'Huh? Wow!' as opposed to ‘Wow! Huh?' — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
The fact that few painter-fine-artists used photography in their work made it appealing. — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
When I began painting, all my paintings were of words which were gutteral utterances like Smash, Boss, Eat. Those words were like… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
There's so much going on today. I continually hear, sometimes from artists, that everything's done. It's been done. I fail to see… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
I barely knew I wanted to be an artist. I liked my art classes and painting was fun, I guess, but I… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
The big pay-off was to work as an artist and gain some shred of respect from your friends, who were also artists.… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
I'm interested in glorifying something that we in the world would say doesn't deserve being glorified. Something that's forgotten, focused on as… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
There was no hope for any kind of big opportunity. I'm not saying it was hopeless. The big pay-off was to work… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
Basically everything I've done in art, I was in possession of when I was 20 years old. I use a waste retrieval… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
I never expected to sell my art. It wasn't like today where you come out of art school and they promise you… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be some kind of artist from about 12. I met a neighbour who drew cartoons, and I… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
A lot of abstract painters seem to be doing everything all at once now. And so these different styles are jibing and… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
I don't do social media of any kind. If I did, I may as well join Scientology. — Edward Ruscha Copy Share
I wasn't captivated by the romance of Paris or London. I love visiting, but I'd rather be in L.A. — Edward Ruscha Copy Share
I think the most interesting stuff comes from people who've just got nothing to lose. You know, let's kamikaze this thing - just throw… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share
Yes, there's a certain power to a photograph. The camera has a way of disorienting a person, if it wants to and, for me,… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share
The subject [of Los Angeles] became a general metaphor for anxiety and the speed of modern life. — Edward Ruscha Copy Share
I'm very stodgy. I'm always looking at old photos of California and Los Angeles, knowing that what I'm looking at is now full of… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share
There was no hope for any kind of big opportunity. I'm not saying it was hopeless. The big pay-off was to work as an… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share
I believe in intuition and approaching things as instant gratification. Just do the things you want to do, make the kind of pictures you… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share
My friends and neighbors were always fixing their cars. Soldiers who felt restless wanted to work on something, and they understood cars. Me, I… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share
I just use [the camera]. I just pick it up like an axe when I've got to chop down a tree. I pick up… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share
I knew I wanted to be some kind of artist from about 12. I met a neighbour who drew cartoons, and I had an… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share
