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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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.