I like the elitism of the art world. I think art for the people is a terrible idea. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I think Chelsea Girls is a complete masterpiece and I think Andy's [Warhol] films are equally as good as the art. I… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Always, European art cinema has been the most threatening and the grimmest and the most transgressive, I think. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I remember when I first went to the Baltimore Museum of Art and I bought this little Moreau print in the gift… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I think middle America has changed very, very much. I think people are way more open-minded. I think - I think it's… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I like film books at the bottom of the barrel and art books at the top. 'The Ghastly One,' by Jimmy McDonough,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I actually think that my films are intellectual. I think almost everything I do is intellectual, but I would never say that,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I was thinking about sort of the similarities between "art movies" and lowbrow movies like kitschy sexploitation films. I think they share… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I've been an art collector since the Sixties, and I kept it very separate from my showbusiness career. I've had art shows… — John Waters Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do is make a cult movie. That means you got three great reviews and nobody went. An… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I like art that challenges you and makes a lot of people angry because they don't get it. Because they refuse to… — John Waters Copy Share Image
If you want to be an artist, go to every art gallery, if you want to be in movies, see movies! You… — John Waters Copy Share Image
“Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library.” — John Waters Copy Share Image
By wrecking something, it's always reinventing. All modern movements in art and music wrecked what came before, in a way - and… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I hate it when people say, I'm an artist. I think, well, I'll be the judge of that. And I don't think… — John Waters Copy Share Image
There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I'm here today because of LSD. LSD gave me the confidence to be who I am today. Completely. — John Waters Copy Share Image
When I was young, there were bars called the 'Hungry Hole,' and in those same neighbourhoods are now gay people pushing baby carriages. — John Waters Copy Share Image
True success is figuring out your life and career so you never have to be around jerks. — John Waters Copy Share Image
Around '62 in Baltimore, all the girls had those big hairdos. And then suddenly, a few of the really hip ones started doing their… — John Waters Copy Share Image
“John!?” I ask in shock. This woman recognizes me? It can’t be! “How do you know my name?” I wonder out loud. Suddenly she… — John Waters Copy Share Image
'Serial Mom' tested really well when we finally got with the right audience. But they would go to some shopping mall in a deep,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
One Christmas, Dennis Dermody, the movie critic of 'Paper,' gave me 'Rock Hudson: A Gathering of Friends,' the master invitation list from Rock Hudson's… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Many hundred-million-dollar Hollywood comedies aren't any good. They're trying to shock you. — John Waters Copy Share Image
To use bad taste, you have to know the rules of good taste. I've always thanked my mother for that. She taught how to… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I'm an old person because I still buy DVDs. I have every one of my albums and 45s - I even have a couple… — John Waters Copy Share Image
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