Quotes by Roy Lichtenstein

“I dont think of form as a kind of architecture. The architecture is the result of the forming. It is the kinesthetic and visual sense of position and wholeness that puts the thing into the realm of art.”

“I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.”

“I dont have big anxieties. I wish I did. Id be much more interesting.”

“In America the biggest is the best”

“There is a relationship between cartooning and people like Mir= and Picasso which may not be understood by the cartoonist, but it definitely is related even in the early Disney.”

Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesnt look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself.

Art doesnt transform. It just plain forms.

I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.

I think were much smarter than we were. Everybody knows that abstract art can be art, and most people know that they may not like it, even if they understand theres another purpose to it.

There is a relationship between cartooning and people like Mir= and Picasso which may not be understood by the cartoonist, but it definitely is related even in the early Disney.

Im not really sure what social message my art carries, if any. And I dont really want it to carry one. Im not interested in the subject matter to try to teach society anything, or to try to better our world in any way.