In communist Russia, their major organ was Pravda, which means "truth." The Russians knew how to read between the lines. They didn't take their literature literally. — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
It's inevitable that everyone's first drawing they draw is much like their fingerprint. It's inescapable that one has an identifiable style. It's not a major issue with me, but I never wanted to have a distinctive signature style so much. — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
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… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
There are instances where lines in my work are borrowed or stolen from sources, mainly from books, or they become my own versions. A… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
If you don't use an image now you might have a place to put it in further down the line - and I have… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
There are lots of guns and action in my drawings, and part of that is just to make them more interesting. Because you can… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
Whenever I reference something, it usually comes back at some point. I don't know why. — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
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… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
Art comes after the fact, as a witness to certain things that have happened. — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
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… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
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… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
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… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
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… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
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… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
