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> [That word 'funny' always makes me feel uncomfortable. Because if I were trying to be funny, I would be something like Bill Wegman - he really tries to be funny. I don't try to be funny. It's just that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baldessari/that-word-funny-always-makes-me-feel-uncomfortable-because-if-i-were/)

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## More by John Baldessari

> [It's human desire to be understood. And we always feel we're not understood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baldessari/it-s-human-desire-to-be-understood-and-we-always-feel-we-re-not/)

[John Baldessari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baldessari/)

> [Talent is cheap, you have to be possessed or obsessed, rather. You really have to feel like you cannot not do art, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baldessari/talent-is-cheap-you-have-to-be-possessed-or-obsessed-rather-you/)

[John Baldessari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baldessari/)

> [The idea of vaudeville clowns and court jesters is always to show the flaw, to point out what's not working and why it's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baldessari/the-idea-of-vaudeville-clowns-and-court-jesters-is-always-to-show-the/)

[John Baldessari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baldessari/)

> [I will not make anymore boring art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baldessari/i-will-not-make-anymore-boring-art/)

[John Baldessari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baldessari/)

> [Writing helped me understand what I was thinking about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baldessari/writing-helped-me-understand-what-i-was-thinking-about/)

[John Baldessari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baldessari/)

> [Probably one of the worst things that happened to photography is that cameras have viewfinders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baldessari/probably-one-of-the-worst-things-that-happened-to-photography-is-that/)

[John Baldessari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baldessari/)

> [There's no such thing as a bad photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baldessari/there-s-no-such-thing-as-a-bad-photograph/)

[John Baldessari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baldessari/)

> [I think I live such a boring life. But I can't imagine any other kind of life, so I guess it's the life I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baldessari/i-think-i-live-such-a-boring-life-but-i-can-t-imagine-any-other-kind/)

[John Baldessari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baldessari/)

> [I was teaching live drawing in a community college and students started zoning in on the face and spending a couple of hours on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baldessari/i-was-teaching-live-drawing-in-a-community-college-and-students/)

[John Baldessari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baldessari/)

> [Ideally I would like the work to be a hybrid between painting and photography.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baldessari/ideally-i-would-like-the-work-to-be-a-hybrid-between-painting-and/)

[John Baldessari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baldessari/)

> [Most of my friends are women. I think women are more interesting to talk to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baldessari/most-of-my-friends-are-women-i-think-women-are-more-interesting-to/)

[John Baldessari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baldessari/)

> [The idea was to take fine art and put it into the location of the movie scripts. The script itself is collage - some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baldessari/the-idea-was-to-take-fine-art-and-put-it-into-the-location-of-the/)

[John Baldessari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baldessari/)

> [If I saw the art around me that I liked, then I wouldn't do art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baldessari/if-i-saw-the-art-around-me-that-i-liked-then-i-wouldn-t-do-art/)

[John Baldessari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baldessari/)

> [I could never figure out why photography and art had separate histories. So I decided to explore both.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baldessari/i-could-never-figure-out-why-photography-and-art-had-separate/)

[John Baldessari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baldessari/)

> [I go back and forth between wanting to be abundantly simple and maddeningly complex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baldessari/i-go-back-and-forth-between-wanting-to-be-abundantly-simple-and/)

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