In high school I was good at math and everybody wanted me to do something with that - mathematics or engineering - which was a nightmare scenario for me. Meeting other artists and going to punk rock shows at that… — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
In art school, they teach you to struggle through the process: If you have your image down, you've painted it, and it's not looking… — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
In high school I was good at math and everybody wanted me to do something with that - mathematics or engineering - which was… — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
Sometimes a collage element I hit upon can inspire the entire drawing. — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
The humor for me is how far above your head the signature is - it's dislocated from the sign of the artist in such… — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
Co-mingling really disturbs a lot of the purists, who want to see the historical and cultural divides instead of the meshing. — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
I think a lot of male artists should and probably are thinking in the same ways. The culture has moved in a more democratic,… — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
I feel no shame about having paintings be as grandiose and ridiculous as possible. — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
There tends to be a sort of mundane quality to what I select - things from around the house, around the studio. I'm not… — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
I feel like there’s a space of personal freedom for me where my art-making happens. When I go to that space, I’m completely in… — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
I’m not sure a lot of other people would walk up to the same artwork and see the shadow on the person’s face from… — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
For me, at some point, the idea of struggling through the process was not as interesting as doing tests and executing the painting after… — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
I think that I'm going to be including a lot of anonymous female artists in what I look at and incorporate. Most textiles are… — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
