Richard Prince

It would be strange for me to think I'm being ripped off, because that's what I do!

— Richard Prince

Making art has never been a mystery to me. It's never been something that's very difficult.

— Richard Prince

It's interesting how people who were once fairly radical can become, later in life, kind of conservative and not just in terms…

— Richard Prince

I wouldn't mind people saying, "You can't do this because this isn't enough."

— Richard Prince

My studio is the only place I feel good in. There, I'm fearless; outside, I'm a mess.

— Richard Prince

It's interesting how people who were once fairly radical can become, later in life, kind of conservative, and not just in terms…

— Richard Prince

The subject comes first, the medium second.

— Richard Prince

In a way, I pattern myself after all the bands I used to like as a kid. Every time they put out…

— Richard Prince

Sometimes when I walk into a gallery and I see someone's work, I think to myself, 'Gee, I wish I had done…

— Richard Prince

A lot of it's experimental, spontaneous. It's about knocking about in the studio and bumping into things.

— Richard Prince

I got a job in the tear-sheets department, ripping up magazines like People, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, and Time, and delivering the editorial…

— Richard Prince

I have no fear of changing looks.

— Richard Prince

What I find is that the taking, the stealing, the appropriation of images has to do with prior availability, and it sets…

— Richard Prince

We do not make art. We have unnamable motors and dangerous impulses that occupy our thoughts.

— Richard Prince

If you're an artist or someone creative, it's all about cheap rent and not having to work for a living. That's what…

— Richard Prince

I think with success you do get a little more guarded and you start to change your friends. You become more isolated.…

— Richard Prince

I don't collect books just because other people collect them, and I'm not going to have books in my collection if I…

— Richard Prince

The art world is a bit smaller than the music world, and the music world is a bit smaller than the cinema…

— Richard Prince

I love deliberately badly written books.

— Richard Prince

Some people are better at handling the limelight than others.

— Richard Prince

Is passion what we are? Is that what we are in pictures? Is what we are in pictures almost real? Maybe it's…

— Richard Prince

I wish I had met [Francesca] Woodman forty years ago. It would have been great to live with her for a year.…

— Richard Prince

The problem with art is, it's not like the game of golf where you put the ball in the hole. There's no…

— Richard Prince

I didn't like hovering above myself and looking back, or going through a door and thinking, How many times did I just…

— Richard Prince

I never had a penny to my name, so I changed my name.

— Richard Prince