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> [I wouldn't want to be defined so much by comics or cartoons. My work is more narrative than that. If you take your basic cartoon, there's always a punchline or a joke at the end. My drawings don't depend on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-pettibon/i-wouldn-t-want-to-be-defined-so-much-by-comics-or-cartoons-my-work/)

[Raymond Pettibon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-pettibon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/raymond-pettibon-16796_cartoon_i-wouldn-t-want-to-be-defined-so-much-by_1402036.jpg)

## More by Raymond Pettibon

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-pettibon/i-don-t-know-if-it-s-good-to-be-stuck-at-one-place-i-m-probably-too/)

[Raymond Pettibon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-pettibon/)

> [There are instances where lines in my work are borrowed or stolen from sources, mainly from books, or they become my own versions. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-pettibon/there-are-instances-where-lines-in-my-work-are-borrowed-or-stolen/)

[Raymond Pettibon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-pettibon/)

> [If you don't use an image now you might have a place to put it in further down the line - and I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-pettibon/if-you-don-t-use-an-image-now-you-might-have-a-place-to-put-it-in/)

[Raymond Pettibon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-pettibon/)

> [There are lots of guns and action in my drawings, and part of that is just to make them more interesting. Because you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-pettibon/there-are-lots-of-guns-and-action-in-my-drawings-and-part-of-that-is/)

[Raymond Pettibon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-pettibon/)

> [Whenever I reference something, it usually comes back at some point. I don't know why.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-pettibon/whenever-i-reference-something-it-usually-comes-back-at-some-point-i/)

[Raymond Pettibon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-pettibon/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-pettibon/my-work-is-more-driven-by-the-creative-word-it-s-immersed-in-other/)

[Raymond Pettibon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-pettibon/)

> [Art comes after the fact, as a witness to certain things that have happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-pettibon/art-comes-after-the-fact-as-a-witness-to-certain-things-that-have/)

[Raymond Pettibon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-pettibon/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-pettibon/art-can-be-a-kind-of-therapeutic-or-kind-of-a-fantasy-life-or-wish/)

[Raymond Pettibon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-pettibon/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-pettibon/everybody-has-his-own-great-ideas-about-what-my-art-should-be-but-i/)

[Raymond Pettibon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-pettibon/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-pettibon/i-don-t-make-art-with-grandiose-delusions-i-do-know-there-are-limits/)

[Raymond Pettibon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-pettibon/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-pettibon/i-was-making-my-work-as-transparent-as-possible-without-equivocations/)

[Raymond Pettibon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-pettibon/)

> [It's an extreme to go from an artist like myself to a commercial artist with art directors looking over your shoulder, or any other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-pettibon/it-s-an-extreme-to-go-from-an-artist-like-myself-to-a-commercial/)

[Raymond Pettibon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-pettibon/)

> [I don't drive often, because the parking makes it too much of a nuisance. And I could never go back to commuting or anything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-pettibon/i-don-t-drive-often-because-the-parking-makes-it-too-much-of-a/)

[Raymond Pettibon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-pettibon/)

> [What social media has done - Facebook, Twitter - is show the audience. I don't have an audience. When I make my work, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-pettibon/what-social-media-has-done-facebook-twitter-is-show-the-audience-i/)

[Raymond Pettibon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-pettibon/)

> [I wouldn't want to be defined so much by comics or cartoons. My work is more narrative than that. If you take your basic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-pettibon/i-wouldn-t-want-to-be-defined-so-much-by-comics-or-cartoons-my-work/)

[Raymond Pettibon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-pettibon/)

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