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> [I don't do abstract art because I don't find it as interesting as I do subjects and depictions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claes-oldenburg/i-don-t-do-abstract-art-because-i-don-t-find-it-as-interesting-as-i/)

[Claes Oldenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claes-oldenburg/)

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## More by Claes Oldenburg

> [I had no idea what art was. There was one art class in high school, but it didn't make a big impression on me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claes-oldenburg/i-had-no-idea-what-art-was-there-was-one-art-class-in-high-school-but/)

[Claes Oldenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claes-oldenburg/)

> [I am an immigrant in a sense. What happened was that my father was stationed in New York when my mother became pregnant, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claes-oldenburg/i-am-an-immigrant-in-a-sense-what-happened-was-that-my-father-was/)

[Claes Oldenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claes-oldenburg/)

> [My mother warned me to avoid things colored red.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claes-oldenburg/my-mother-warned-me-to-avoid-things-colored-red/)

[Claes Oldenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claes-oldenburg/)

> [I started to draw buildings. I called them Proposed Colossal Monuments - they weren't for real, not for actual building. It was more a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claes-oldenburg/i-started-to-draw-buildings-i-called-them-proposed-colossal-monuments/)

[Claes Oldenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claes-oldenburg/)

> [Food is like clay; you can sculpt with it. Also it has an odor, and you can eat it. I don't eat a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claes-oldenburg/food-is-like-clay-you-can-sculpt-with-it-also-it-has-an-odor-and-you/)

[Claes Oldenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claes-oldenburg/)

> [I am for an art that tells you the time of day, or where such and such a street is. I am for an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claes-oldenburg/i-am-for-an-art-that-tells-you-the-time-of-day-or-where-such-and-such/)

[Claes Oldenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claes-oldenburg/)

> [I knew I wasn't that good a writer, and all I could remember was that I could draw. I'm better at drawing than I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claes-oldenburg/i-knew-i-wasn-t-that-good-a-writer-and-all-i-could-remember-was-that/)

[Claes Oldenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claes-oldenburg/)

> [“I am for an art that imitates the human, that is comic, if necessary, or violent, or whatever is necessary. I am for an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claes-oldenburg/i-am-for-an-art-that-imitates-the-human-that-is-comic-if-necessary-or/)

[Claes Oldenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claes-oldenburg/)

> [The art world was very small and the people got together at parties. There was less commercialism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claes-oldenburg/the-art-world-was-very-small-and-the-people-got-together-at-parties/)

[Claes Oldenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claes-oldenburg/)

> [A life cycle can be imposed on an object. An object can be very energetic and active, and then it has a dying phase…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claes-oldenburg/a-life-cycle-can-be-imposed-on-an-object-an-object-can-be-very/)

[Claes Oldenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claes-oldenburg/)

> [I don't do abstract art because I don't find it as interesting as I do subjects and depictions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claes-oldenburg/i-don-t-do-abstract-art-because-i-don-t-find-it-as-interesting-as-i/)

[Claes Oldenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claes-oldenburg/)

> [Actually, New York is great for playing around. I made a lot of studies for New York-a big vacuum cleaner lying on the Battery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claes-oldenburg/actually-new-york-is-great-for-playing-around-i-made-a-lot-of-studies/)

[Claes Oldenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claes-oldenburg/)

> [I'm always careful to say that I changed everything I found.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claes-oldenburg/i-m-always-careful-to-say-that-i-changed-everything-i-found/)

[Claes Oldenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claes-oldenburg/)

> [If you really want to be an artist, you search yourself, and you find a lot of it comes from earlier times. I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claes-oldenburg/if-you-really-want-to-be-an-artist-you-search-yourself-and-you-find-a/)

[Claes Oldenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claes-oldenburg/)

> [ My work doesn't have the same rules as, say, Andy \[Warhol\]'s work. But it's gathered together for the simple reason that we all worked… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claes-oldenburg/my-work-doesn-t-have-the-same-rules-as-say-andy-warhol-s-work-but-it/)

[Claes Oldenburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claes-oldenburg/)

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