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> [I feel like what's most important for painting - which has been hierarchically on the top for a really long time in terms of what is considered fine art, by comparison with something like a comic book or what's considered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-owens/i-feel-like-what-s-most-important-for-painting-which-has-been/)

[Laura Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-owens/)

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## More by Laura Owens

> [In art school, they teach you to struggle through the process: If you have your image down, you've painted it, and it's not looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-owens/in-art-school-they-teach-you-to-struggle-through-the-process-if-you/)

[Laura Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-owens/)

> [In high school I was good at math and everybody wanted me to do something with that - mathematics or engineering - which was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-owens/in-high-school-i-was-good-at-math-and-everybody-wanted-me-to-do/)

[Laura Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-owens/)

> [Sometimes a collage element I hit upon can inspire the entire drawing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-owens/sometimes-a-collage-element-i-hit-upon-can-inspire-the-entire-drawing/)

[Laura Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-owens/)

> [The humor for me is how far above your head the signature is - it's dislocated from the sign of the artist in such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-owens/the-humor-for-me-is-how-far-above-your-head-the-signature-is-it-s/)

[Laura Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-owens/)

> [Co-mingling really disturbs a lot of the purists, who want to see the historical and cultural divides instead of the meshing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-owens/co-mingling-really-disturbs-a-lot-of-the-purists-who-want-to-see-the/)

[Laura Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-owens/)

> [I think a lot of male artists should and probably are thinking in the same ways. The culture has moved in a more democratic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-owens/i-think-a-lot-of-male-artists-should-and-probably-are-thinking-in-the/)

[Laura Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-owens/)

> [I feel no shame about having paintings be as grandiose and ridiculous as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-owens/i-feel-no-shame-about-having-paintings-be-as-grandiose-and-ridiculous/)

[Laura Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-owens/)

> [There tends to be a sort of mundane quality to what I select - things from around the house, around the studio. I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-owens/there-tends-to-be-a-sort-of-mundane-quality-to-what-i-select-things/)

[Laura Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-owens/)

> [I feel like there’s a space of personal freedom for me where my art-making happens. When I go to that space, I’m completely in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-owens/i-feel-like-there-s-a-space-of-personal-freedom-for-me-where-my-art/)

[Laura Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-owens/)

> [I’m not sure a lot of other people would walk up to the same artwork and see the shadow on the person’s face from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-owens/i-m-not-sure-a-lot-of-other-people-would-walk-up-to-the-same-artwork/)

[Laura Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-owens/)

> [For me, at some point, the idea of struggling through the process was not as interesting as doing tests and executing the painting after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-owens/for-me-at-some-point-the-idea-of-struggling-through-the-process-was/)

[Laura Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-owens/)

> [I think that I'm going to be including a lot of anonymous female artists in what I look at and incorporate. Most textiles are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-owens/i-think-that-i-m-going-to-be-including-a-lot-of-anonymous-female/)

[Laura Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-owens/)

> [Most people who think they can't live up to the great painters of the past, often times have a group of people they think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-owens/most-people-who-think-they-can-t-live-up-to-the-great-painters-of-the/)

[Laura Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-owens/)

> [In terms of my inspirations to become an artist, I think they come from early ideas and impressions about community, and the type of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-owens/in-terms-of-my-inspirations-to-become-an-artist-i-think-they-come/)

[Laura Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-owens/)

> [I feel like what's most important for painting - which has been hierarchically on the top for a really long time in terms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-owens/i-feel-like-what-s-most-important-for-painting-which-has-been/)

[Laura Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-owens/)

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