So rather than someone coming to my stu- dio and saying, like, "Thank you for your time. I'll see you later," and me not knowing why they don't like my work, I understand now why they don't like it. — Josh Smith Copy Share Image
I do, but I don't like doing that. I would do it out of hate or anger. I would do it because some- one… — Josh Smith Copy Share Image
It's a stage with four lights clamped to it with walls made out of plywood. And then my name's in the center. It's the… — Josh Smith Copy Share Image
So rather than someone coming to my stu- dio and saying, like, "Thank you for your time. I'll see you later," and me not… — Josh Smith Copy Share Image
Everything comes from a weird place that I don't understand. I make a piece of art just to prove that I exist in my… — Josh Smith Copy Share Image
It's a lifestyle. If you do something good that is worth making, you should make it forever. It's like being a farmer. Just because… — Josh Smith Copy Share Image
I'm not really that hard-working. We've hung out a lot, and you know that I don't work harder than you. Everyone else is just… — Josh Smith Copy Share Image
I have a streak in myself, like, I'm an exhibi- tionist. There's a side of me that really wants to show off and share… — Josh Smith Copy Share Image
I like when people have opinions - especially about art. You can hate my art. I made my art to be hated. That's why… — Josh Smith Copy Share Image
It's three disparate elements: the stop sign, the stage paintings, and the skeleton paintings. Those are three sharp ideas, although none of them are… — Josh Smith Copy Share Image
I didn't want it to have any technical virtuosity; I wanted it to just be really clear how it was made. For my work… — Josh Smith Copy Share Image
And the cool kids always had a stop sign in their bedroom. Which means: "I don't care if people die. I want my stop… — Josh Smith Copy Share Image
I would never make an artwork that I wouldn't want to make forever. Wouldn't you want to make Trash Humpers [Korine's 2009 film] forever? — Josh Smith Copy Share Image
I made work specifically for them not to like. If you made paintings of flowers and someone says they hate it, it's like, "What… — Josh Smith Copy Share Image
I'm a happy, happy person. I laugh. I'm not angry. I'm only disgusted with a few people in the world that I have to… — Josh Smith Copy Share Image
It's the ultimate conceptual artwork. I took a piece of metal and just painted an image of a stop sign on it - a… — Josh Smith Copy Share Image
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