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title: "3 Cartoon Quotes By Roy Lichtenstein"
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> [Picasso's always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/picasso-s-always-been-such-a-huge-influence-that-i-thought-when-i/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5f/roy-lichtenstein-8803_artist_picasso-s-always-been-such-a-huge-influe_922978.jpg)

> [All my art is in some way about other art, even if the other art is cartoons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/all-my-art-is-in-some-way-about-other-art-even-if-the-other-art-is/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/211/roy-lichtenstein-8803_art_all-my-art-is-in-some-way-about-other-ar_2037019.png)

> [When I have used cartoon images, I've used them ironically to raise the question, 'Why would anyone want to do this with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/when-i-have-used-cartoon-images-i-ve-used-them-ironically-to-raise/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/roy-lichtenstein-8803_cartoon_when-i-have-used-cartoon-images-i-ve-use_2341889.png)

## Other authors on Cartoon

## More by Roy Lichtenstein

> [I think art was the one thing my high school didn't give. And I think that was probably one reason why I was interested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/i-think-art-was-the-one-thing-my-high-school-didn-t-give-and-i-think/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

> [In America the biggest is the best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/in-america-the-biggest-is-the-best/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

> [Pollock really invented something. No one painted like him - or de Kooning or Still.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/pollock-really-invented-something-no-one-painted-like-him-or-de/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

> [Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesn't look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/pop-art-looks-out-into-the-world-it-doesn-t-look-like-a-painting-of/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

> [I think you go nuts when you get older.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/i-think-you-go-nuts-when-you-get-older/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

> [There must be something about art... almost all cultures have done art. It's a refining of the senses, which are there to keep us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/there-must-be-something-about-art-almost-all-cultures-have-done-art/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

> [But when I worked on a painting I would do it from a drawing but I would put certain things I was fairly sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/but-when-i-worked-on-a-painting-i-would-do-it-from-a-drawing-but-i/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

> [When I started to do these Pop paintings seriously, I used all these other paintings - the abstract ones - as mats. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/when-i-started-to-do-these-pop-paintings-seriously-i-used-all-these/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

> [Im not really sure what social message my art carries, if any. And I dont really want it to carry one. Im not interested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/im-not-really-sure-what-social-message-my-art-carries-if-any-and-i/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

> [I'm not really sure what social message my art carries, if any. And I don't really want it to carry one. I'm not interested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/i-m-not-really-sure-what-social-message-my-art-carries-if-any-and-i/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

> [My direction is very anti-contemplative. If you thought I was for commercial products, you'd think there was no irony. The irony isn't meant to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/my-direction-is-very-anti-contemplative-if-you-thought-i-was-for/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

> [What interests me is to paint the kind of antisensitivity that impregnates modern civilization. I think art since Cezanne has become extremely romantic and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/what-interests-me-is-to-paint-the-kind-of-antisensitivity-that/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

> [I think that most people think painters are kind of ridiculous, you know?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/i-think-that-most-people-think-painters-are-kind-of-ridiculous-you/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

> [Everybody has called Pop Art 'American' painting, but it's actually industrial painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/everybody-has-called-pop-art-american-painting-but-it-s-actually/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

> [Actually, I love the Abstract Expressionists - or I like the ones I like, anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-lichtenstein/actually-i-love-the-abstract-expressionists-or-i-like-the-ones-i-like/)

[Roy Lichtenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-lichtenstein/)

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