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> [As an artist - I'm sure like most creative people - you have a kind of board of directors that you make your work for. It's a group of people that you have, these friends, and you want to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-longo/as-an-artist-i-m-sure-like-most-creative-people-you-have-a-kind-of/)

[Robert Longo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-longo/)

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## More by Robert Longo

> [The translation process becomes a highly subjective thing - turning reds and blues into black-and-whiteness. It's really bizarre for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-longo/the-translation-process-becomes-a-highly-subjective-thing-turning/)

[Robert Longo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-longo/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-longo/i-always-imagine-that-i-want-to-make-art-that-is-going-to-kill-you/)

[Robert Longo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-longo/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-longo/my-degree-was-in-sculpture-i-always-think-that-drawing-is-a/)

[Robert Longo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-longo/)

> [I've been dealing with epic images, and I realized all of a sudden that I grew up in the age of epics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-longo/i-ve-been-dealing-with-epic-images-and-i-realized-all-of-a-sudden/)

[Robert Longo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-longo/)

> [I think the pursuit of trying to understand things is really a critical issue. I see the issue of life and death in everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-longo/i-think-the-pursuit-of-trying-to-understand-things-is-really-a/)

[Robert Longo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-longo/)

> [An artist can have an intention, but the viewer has their own subjective experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-longo/an-artist-can-have-an-intention-but-the-viewer-has-their-own/)

[Robert Longo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-longo/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-longo/i-m-trying-to-find-answers-it-can-be-quite-frustrating-but-at-the/)

[Robert Longo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-longo/)

> [Dying young is the easy way out. It's much harder to keep your edge and keep it going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-longo/dying-young-is-the-easy-way-out-it-s-much-harder-to-keep-your-edge/)

[Robert Longo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-longo/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-longo/when-i-look-back-on-everything-i-ve-done-it-all-somehow-makes-sense/)

[Robert Longo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-longo/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-longo/one-of-the-interesting-things-i-discovered-is-that-in-the-late-19th/)

[Robert Longo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-longo/)

> [I can't come up with the titles. My wife hates my titles. She doesn't even want to know about them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-longo/i-can-t-come-up-with-the-titles-my-wife-hates-my-titles-she-doesn-t/)

[Robert Longo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-longo/)

> [The artist has to be a guardian of the culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-longo/the-artist-has-to-be-a-guardian-of-the-culture/)

[Robert Longo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-longo/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-longo/if-you-re-fortunate-enough-with-your-history-like-with-men-in-the/)

[Robert Longo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-longo/)

> [Modern abstract art starts in Russia in about 1915 with Malevich, and then the Russian Revolution happens, and eventually all that experimental art gets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-longo/modern-abstract-art-starts-in-russia-in-about-1915-with-malevich-and/)

[Robert Longo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-longo/)

> [A lot of us grew up in public. That often means that you have to fail in public too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-longo/a-lot-of-us-grew-up-in-public-that-often-means-that-you-have-to-fail/)

[Robert Longo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-longo/)

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