Billy Childish Quotes

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• I did not like prizes at school. I didn't like tests or exams, or the 11+, or O-levels. Later I hated B.A.s and M.A.s. The…
• A moustache to a man is the same as a fringe is to a woman. When you've got it, you want to grow it out;…
• We are not actually in charge of life, yet we behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this…
• I like being on the margins. You work better there.
• Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any…
• I don't spend a lot of time working if I can help it.
• I like feeling at home and knowing people. I like talking about ideas and being friendly.
• I make sure I make a painting - that's my job. And I cook the Sunday dinner.
• I think that the mythology of Van Gogh's life, and the beauty of his paintings, is unstoppable.
• I'm going to get a pair of wire-snips, and I've also started a new campaign to have blank CDs on jukeboxes so you can play…
• I'm not trying to achieve perfection. I don't like this forced control people have over work.
• I've dubbed myself as an amateur, not because I work in different field, but because I do what I do for love.
• My favourite things are jokes, friendliness and feeling comfortable.
• People could live very happily without the Turner Prize, but they could not live without real communication and emotion.
• Being a fan of authentic Dada, I find today's art - what I call 'Bankers' Dada' - mind-numbingly dull. The most challenging work I've seen…
• I coined this term 'freedom thru limitation' back in the '90s because I was sick of art being treated like pop, because of this boring…
• I liked drawing and painting, because the only failure would be to listen to the doubters who wanted me to stop drawing and painting because…
• I've always liked New York, as I like towns with an edge and New York has a European feel, so when I came to play…
• I've not been an admirer of contemporary music since punk rock went off the boil in 1977, but once a year I'll listen to 'Spiral…
• It is an artist's duty to be on the wrong end of the see-saw.

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