"It's an extreme to go from an artist like myself to a commercial artist with art directors looking over your shoulder, or any other knucklehead telling you what your art should look like."

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Source : Interview with John O’Connor, www.believermag.com. December 2004.

Raymond Pettibon

#Art Quotes #Over You Quotes #Directors Quotes

“It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love.”
“My agent once said, 'You're not very driven.' And it's true. I'm not the type to ring up and go, 'Get me this part!'”
“It remains to consider what attitude thoughtful men and Christian believers should take respecting them, and how they stand related to beliefs of another order.”

Source : Asa Gray (1880). “Natural Science and Religion”
“People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.”
“Humans become human through intense learning not just of survival skills but of customs and social mores, kinship and social laws-that is, culture.”
“He who doesn't fear death dies only once.”
“In joint scientific efforts extending over twenty years, initially in collaboration with J. C. Shaw at the RAND Corporation, and subsequently with numerous faculty and student colleagues at Carnegie-Mellon University, they have made basic contributions to artificial intelligence, the psychology of human cognition, and list processing.”
“I think that all women are witches, in the sense that a witch is a magical being. And a wizard, which is a male version of a witch, is kind of revered, and people respect wizards. But a witch, my god, we have to burn them. Itâ€™s the male chauvinistic society that weâ€™re living in for the longest time, 3,000 years or whatever. And so I just wanted to point out the fact that men and women are magical beings. We are very blessed that way, so Iâ€™m just bringing that out. Donâ€™t be scared of witches, because we are good witches, and you should appreciate our magical power.”

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