Artist Quotes by Raymond Pettibon

14 Artist quotes by Raymond Pettibon

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Pettibon’s ink‑heavy narratives cut to the core of subculture, and these 14 quotes give a quick taste of his candid take on the artist’s voice. It’s a concise entry for anyone wanting to feel his edgy perspective.

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If you don't use an image now you might have a place to put it in further down the line - and…

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I don't want to express violence or anger or hate in my art. I want to express forgiveness.

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Art comes after the fact, as a witness to certain things that have happened.

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It was never my goal to capitalize on punk. I could never make it as a commercial artist. I didn't back then…

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I don't make art with grandiose delusions. I do know there are limits to what art is capable of. That makes it…

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I'm not God, but I'm working within my own means as an artist and a person, and I possibly have more power…

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I'd rather do anything than make commercial art. I didn't go to school for art. Making art has certain advantages for me…

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I really don't see any influence of my work on any artists. But I do think I've had an influence on drawings'…

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It's an extreme to go from an artist like myself to a commercial artist with art directors looking over your shoulder, or…

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It's inevitable that everyone's first drawing they draw is much like their fingerprint. It's inescapable that one has an identifiable style. It's…

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Art can be a kind of therapeutic, or kind of a fantasy life, or wish fulfillment...o r creating this alternate universe. Art…

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I was making my work as transparent as possible, without equivocations, without calling attention to itself, without apology. There's a lot of…

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Anyone living, especially your peers, is a threat. You're judging them, they're judging you. This sort of criticism is as close to…

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Everybody has his own great ideas about what my art should be. But I can do whatever I like and there aren't…

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I don't know if it's good to be stuck at one place. I'm probably too close to home on that. Because that can happen-where…

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There are instances where lines in my work are borrowed or stolen from sources, mainly from books, or they become my own versions. A…

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If you don't use an image now you might have a place to put it in further down the line - and I have…

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There are lots of guns and action in my drawings, and part of that is just to make them more interesting. Because you can…

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Whenever I reference something, it usually comes back at some point. I don't know why.

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My work is more driven by the creative word. It's immersed in other writing and printed work, rather than drawn so much from life…

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Art comes after the fact, as a witness to certain things that have happened.

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Art can be a kind of therapeutic, or kind of a fantasy life, or wish fulfillment...o r creating this alternate universe. Art gives me…

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Everybody has his own great ideas about what my art should be. But I can do whatever I like and there aren't many constraints…

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I don't make art with grandiose delusions. I do know there are limits to what art is capable of. That makes it all the…

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I was making my work as transparent as possible, without equivocations, without calling attention to itself, without apology. There's a lot of conventions in…

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