I kind of do the drawing with the painting in mind, but it's very hard to guess at a size or a color and all the colors around it and what it will really look like. Roy Lichtenstein colordrawguess Change image and share on social
Yeah, you know, you like it to come on like gangbusters, but you get into passages that are very interesting and subtle, and sometimes your original intent changes quite a bit. Roy Lichtenstein bitegangbusterintent Change image and share on social
I'm interested in what would normally be considered the worst aspects of commercial art. I think it's the tension between what seems to be so rigid and cliched and the fact that art really can't be this way. Roy Lichtenstein artaspectbad share on social
But usually I begin things through a drawing, so a lot of things are worked out in the drawing. But even then, I still allow for and want to make changes. Roy Lichtenstein begindrawlot Change image and share on social
You know, as you compose music, you're just off in your own world. You have no idea where reality is, so to have an idea of what people think is pretty hard. Roy Lichtenstein composehardidea Change image and share on social
I suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket rather than under a gas pump, but signs and comic strips are interesting as subject matter. Roy Lichtenstein basketcomicinterest Change image and share on social
But when I worked on a painting I would do it from a drawing but I would put certain things I was fairly sure I wanted in the painting, and then collage on the painting with printed dots or painted paper or something before I really committed it. Roy Lichtenstein collagecommitdot share on social
Art doesn't transform. It just plain forms. Roy Lichtenstein artformplain Change image and share on social
I think that most people think painters are kind of ridiculous, you know? Roy Lichtenstein kindpainterpeople Change image and share on social