The ebb and flow as an artist is a bizarre experience, for sure. I was lucky enough to become successful pretty young - in late '79, 1980 - with a body of work that got recognized and became an archetype. — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
The translation process becomes a highly subjective thing - turning reds and blues into black-and-whiteness. It's really bizarre for me. — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
I always imagine that I want to make art that is going to kill you,whether it’s going to do it visually or physically, I’ll… — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
My degree was in sculpture. I always think that drawing is a sculptural process. I always feel like I'm carving the image out rather… — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
I've been dealing with epic images, and I realized all of a sudden that I grew up in the age of epics. — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
I think the pursuit of trying to understand things is really a critical issue. I see the issue of life and death in everything… — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
An artist can have an intention, but the viewer has their own subjective experience. — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
I'm trying to find answers. It can be quite frustrating, but at the same time, I'm never quite satisfied with what I'm doing, so… — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
Dying young is the easy way out. It's much harder to keep your edge and keep it going. — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
When I look back on everything I've done, it all somehow makes sense to me. But it doesn't make sense when you're actually doing… — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
One of the interesting things I discovered is that in the late 19th century, painters actually had black-and-white copies made of their own paintings.… — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
I can't come up with the titles. My wife hates my titles. She doesn't even want to know about them. — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
If you're fortunate enough with your history, like with Men in the Cities, your work becomes so absorbed in culture that the authorship of… — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
Modern abstract art starts in Russia in about 1915 with Malevich, and then the Russian Revolution happens, and eventually all that experimental art gets… — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
A lot of us grew up in public. That often means that you have to fail in public too. — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
