Cameras Quote by Edward Ruscha

“I just use [the camera]. I just pick it up like an axe when I've got to chop down a tree. I pick up a camera and go out and shoot the pictures I have to shoot.” quote by Edward Ruscha — Download Open image

“I just use [the camera]. I just pick it up like an axe when I've got to chop down a tree. I pick up a camera and go out and shoot the pictures I have to shoot.”

Edward Ruscha

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I don't do social media of any kind. If I did, I may as well join Scientology.

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When I paint a picture of a house, that goes back to my roots.

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Perhaps there would be more anxiety in my work if I lived in New York.

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I wasn't captivated by the romance of Paris or London. I love visiting, but I'd rather be in L.A.

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I think the most interesting stuff comes from people who've just got nothing to lose. You know, let's kamikaze this thing - just throw…

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Yes, there's a certain power to a photograph. The camera has a way of disorienting a person, if it wants to and, for me,…

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The subject [of Los Angeles] became a general metaphor for anxiety and the speed of modern life.

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As an artist, I gotta stand up to my own work.

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I'm very stodgy. I'm always looking at old photos of California and Los Angeles, knowing that what I'm looking at is now full of…

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There was no hope for any kind of big opportunity. I'm not saying it was hopeless. The big pay-off was to work as an artist and gain some shred of respect from your friends, who were also artists. But there was never any notion that you could make a living out of art. On the rare occasions you had a…

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I believe in intuition and approaching things as instant gratification. Just do the things you want to do, make the kind of pictures you…

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My friends and neighbors were always fixing their cars. Soldiers who felt restless wanted to work on something, and they understood cars. Me, I…

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