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Edward Ruscha Quotes: "I'm interested in glorifying something that we in the world would say doesn't deserve being glorified. Something that's forgotten, focused on as though it were some sort of sacred object."

I'm interested in glorifying something that we in the world would say doesn't deserve being glorified. Something that's forgotten, focused on as though it were some sort of sacred object.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "When I first did the book on gasoline stations, people would look at it and say, Are you kidding or what? Why are you doing this? In a sense, that's what I was after: I was after the head-scratching."

When I first did the book on gasoline stations, people would look at it and say, Are you kidding or what? Why are you doing this? In a sense, that's what I was after: I was after the head-scratching.




Edward Ruscha Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Traveling is irritating to me, but not driving. Going to the airport makes me nervous, but when I set out to just take a leisurely drive, it's blue skies and puffy clouds and time."

Traveling is irritating to me, but not driving. Going to the airport makes me nervous, but when I set out to just take a leisurely drive, it's blue skies and puffy clouds and time.




Edward Ruscha Quotes: "People refuse to believe that I've never been to Starbucks or Disneyland."

People refuse to believe that I've never been to Starbucks or Disneyland.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "All my artistic response comes from American things, and I guess I've always had a weakness for heroic imagery."

All my artistic response comes from American things, and I guess I've always had a weakness for heroic imagery.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "My pictures are not that interesting, nor the subject matter. They are simply a collection of facts; my book is more like a collection of Ready-mades."

My pictures are not that interesting, nor the subject matter. They are simply a collection of facts; my book is more like a collection of Ready-mades.




Edward Ruscha Quotes: "Above all, the photographs I use are not arty in any sense of the word. I think photography is dead as fine art; its only place is in the commercial world, for technical or information purposes."

Above all, the photographs I use are not arty in any sense of the word. I think photography is dead as fine art; its only place is in the commercial world, for technical or information purposes.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "Most artists are doing basically the same thing - staying off the streets."

Most artists are doing basically the same thing - staying off the streets.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "Perhaps there would be more anxiety in my work if I lived in New York."

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



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

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



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "Part of ego is displaying the ego. I've got ego, and I think I'm really good. But maybe I fall down in trying to sell it to people."

Part of ego is displaying the ego. I've got ego, and I think I'm really good. But maybe I fall down in trying to sell it to people.




Edward Ruscha Quotes: "I was raised with the Bible Belt mentality, and by coming to California, I came out of this dark place and unlearned a lot of things I'd been taught."

I was raised with the Bible Belt mentality, and by coming to California, I came out of this dark place and unlearned a lot of things I'd been taught.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "The fact that few painter-fine-artists used photography in their work made it appealing."

The fact that few painter-fine-artists used photography in their work made it appealing.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "There's so much going on today. I continually hear, sometimes from artists, that everything's done. It's been done. I fail to see that."

There's so much going on today. I continually hear, sometimes from artists, that everything's done. It's been done. I fail to see that.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "I don't watch TV, so I feel like I'm left out of the American fabric or something."

I don't watch TV, so I feel like I'm left out of the American fabric or something.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "I travel a lot, but I don't come away with new inspiration."

I travel a lot, but I don't come away with new inspiration.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "I have no social agenda with my work. I'm deadpan about it."

I have no social agenda with my work. I'm deadpan about it.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "Unfortunately, there was no Jackson Pollock of the camera."

Unfortunately, there was no Jackson Pollock of the camera.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "The difference between psychedelia and digitalia ages will seem like a smooth blending in years to come and will be a mere blip on the screen."

The difference between psychedelia and digitalia ages will seem like a smooth blending in years to come and will be a mere blip on the screen.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "My friends and neighbors were always fixing their cars. Soldiers who felt restless wanted to work on something, and they understood cars. Me, I like to look at cars but I was never really a mechanic."

My friends and neighbors were always fixing their cars. Soldiers who felt restless wanted to work on something, and they understood cars. Me, I like to look at cars but I was never really a mechanic.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "When I paint a picture of a house, that goes back to my roots."

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



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "I knew I wanted to be some kind of artist from about 12. I met a neighbour who drew cartoons, and I had an idea I wanted to be a cartoonist - or something that involved Indian ink, at any rate."

I knew I wanted to be some kind of artist from about 12. I met a neighbour who drew cartoons, and I had an idea I wanted to be a cartoonist - or something that involved Indian ink, at any rate.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "I'd read about Los Angeles and this fact stuck in my mind: that the city gained 1,000 new people every day. In 1956! A thousand people every day! I felt: 'I want to be part of that."

I'd read about Los Angeles and this fact stuck in my mind: that the city gained 1,000 new people every day. In 1956! A thousand people every day! I felt: 'I want to be part of that.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "When you're on a highway, viewing the western U.S. with the mountains and the flatness and the desert and all that, it's very much like my paintings."

When you're on a highway, viewing the western U.S. with the mountains and the flatness and the desert and all that, it's very much like my paintings.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "I believe in intuition and approaching things as instant gratification. Just do the things you want to do, make the kind of pictures you want to make."

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



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "The subject [of Los Angeles] became a general metaphor for anxiety and the speed of modern life."

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



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "As an artist, I gotta stand up to my own work."

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



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "When I began painting, all my paintings were of words which were gutteral utterances like Smash, Boss, Eat. Those words were like flowers in a vase."

When I began painting, all my paintings were of words which were gutteral utterances like Smash, Boss, Eat. Those words were like flowers in a vase.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "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, when it disorients, it's got real value."

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, when it disorients, it's got real value.



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "I don't do social media of any kind. If I did, I may as well join Scientology."

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



Edward Ruscha Quotes: "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 themselves in it, devil may care."

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 themselves in it, devil may care.