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> [It is an artist's duty to be on the wrong end of the see-saw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-childish/it-is-an-artist-s-duty-to-be-on-the-wrong-end-of-the-see-saw/)

[Billy Childish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-childish/)

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## More by Billy Childish

> [I did not like prizes at school. I didn't like tests or exams, or the 11+, or O-levels. Later I hated B.A.s and M.A.s.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-childish/i-did-not-like-prizes-at-school-i-didn-t-like-tests-or-exams-or-the/)

[Billy Childish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-childish/)

> [I've dubbed myself as an amateur, not because I work in different field, but because I do what I do for love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-childish/i-ve-dubbed-myself-as-an-amateur-not-because-i-work-in-different/)

[Billy Childish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-childish/)

> [I'm not trying to achieve perfection. I don't like this forced control people have over work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-childish/i-m-not-trying-to-achieve-perfection-i-don-t-like-this-forced-control/)

[Billy Childish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-childish/)

> [Before 1999, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas offered to get me exhibitions, but joining the Stuckists put a kaibosh on all that - because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-childish/before-1999-tracey-emin-and-sarah-lucas-offered-to-get-me-exhibitions/)

[Billy Childish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-childish/)

> [Being a fan of authentic Dada, I find today's art - what I call 'Bankers' Dada' - mind-numbingly dull. The most challenging work I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-childish/being-a-fan-of-authentic-dada-i-find-today-s-art-what-i-call-bankers/)

[Billy Childish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-childish/)

> [It is an artist's duty to be on the wrong end of the see-saw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-childish/it-is-an-artist-s-duty-to-be-on-the-wrong-end-of-the-see-saw/)

[Billy Childish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-childish/)

> [A moustache to a man is the same as a fringe is to a woman. When you've got it, you want to grow it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-childish/a-moustache-to-a-man-is-the-same-as-a-fringe-is-to-a-woman-when-you/)

[Billy Childish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-childish/)

> [I make sure I make a painting - that's my job. And I cook the Sunday dinner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-childish/i-make-sure-i-make-a-painting-that-s-my-job-and-i-cook-the-sunday/)

[Billy Childish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-childish/)

> [When I was better known than her, she put my name in that tent. I was asked to do Celebrity Big Brother, but why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-childish/when-i-was-better-known-than-her-she-put-my-name-in-that-tent-i-was/)

[Billy Childish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-childish/)

> [I like being on the margins. You work better there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-childish/i-like-being-on-the-margins-you-work-better-there/)

[Billy Childish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-childish/)

> [I like feeling at home and knowing people. I like talking about ideas and being friendly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-childish/i-like-feeling-at-home-and-knowing-people-i-like-talking-about-ideas/)

[Billy Childish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-childish/)

> [I'm going to get a pair of wire-snips, and I've also started a new campaign to have blank CDs on jukeboxes so you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-childish/i-m-going-to-get-a-pair-of-wire-snips-and-i-ve-also-started-a-new/)

[Billy Childish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-childish/)

> [I've not been an admirer of contemporary music since punk rock went off the boil in 1977, but once a year I'll listen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-childish/i-ve-not-been-an-admirer-of-contemporary-music-since-punk-rock-went/)

[Billy Childish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-childish/)

> [We are not actually in charge of life, yet behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-childish/we-are-not-actually-in-charge-of-life-yet-behave-as-if-we-are-the/)

[Billy Childish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-childish/)

> [Bowie and McCartney arrived, and the biscuits and caviare started and I left immediately. I don't like shouting across rooms, with people in shiny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-childish/bowie-and-mccartney-arrived-and-the-biscuits-and-caviare-started-and/)

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