“I was always interested in drawing. As a child, I started my own country, which was called Neubern. It was located in the South Atlantic. I did the documentation of Neubern in great detail. I drew everything that was there, all the houses and all the cars and all the people. We even had a navy and an air force. I spent a lot of time drawing.” PeopleChildrenCountryHouseForceMy OwnAirCarSouthDetailsDrawingNavyAir ForceDocumentation Author:Claes Oldenburg
“I knew I wasn't that good a writer, and all I could remember was that I could draw. I'm better at drawing than I am at writing.” WritingRememberDrawsDrawing Author:Claes Oldenburg
“I got a little studio in Chicago and practiced. I realized I had to earn some money. So I went to work for an advertising agency where my job was mostly drawing insects for a company that sold an insecticide spray.” LittlesJobsCompanyStudiosDrawingI RealizedAdvertisingAgencyChicagoInsectsSprayAdvertising AgenciesInsecticides Author:Claes Oldenburg
“I got a job as a dishwasher in Oakland, and I would draw all day. It was nice because the lady who ran the boardinghouse where I worked let me live there for nothing if I gave her some drawings every week - mostly park drawings of birds and such.” IfsJobsNiceWeekDrawsBirdLet MeDrawingRanParksDishwashersOakland Author:Claes Oldenburg
“Andy [Warhol] was on the scene, but he wasn't an artist at first; he was more an illustrator. He was always surrounded by about ten people who worshipped him. He'd go to a party and they would all come along. But he was drawing shoes and that sort of thing.” PeopleFirstsArtistPartySceneTenShoesDrawingWarholIllustrators Author:Claes Oldenburg
