Animals Quote by H. R. Giger

You get talent when you discover the ground of your pain.

— H. R. Giger

To wear something like that your whole life is the largest compliment someone can pay to you as an artist.

— H. R. Giger

My paintings seem to make the strongest impression on people who are, well, who are crazy,

— H. R. Giger

When I was a young boy, I was obsessed with skulls and mummies and things like that.

— H. R. Giger

I'm a painter, really. To be successful, you have to go to Hollywood, and I didn't like to travel.

— H. R. Giger

The more famous I get, the more I am tolerated, albeit with some head-shaking.

— H. R. Giger

You know, it was just another presentation of my work, and a funny one, because the cards are quite different from the normal Tarot…

— H. R. Giger

A good many people think as I do. If they like my work they are creative . . . or they are crazy.

— H. R. Giger

You know I was curious - I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings because I myself have…

— H. R. Giger

Some people would say my paintings show a future world and maybe they do, but I paint from reality. I put several things and…

— H. R. Giger

I was my mother's favorite, and she'd help me with everything.

— H. R. Giger

Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I…

— H. R. Giger