“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.” PeopleWantMindFactsFeltCitiesThousandStuckLos Angeles Author:Edward Ruscha
“I'm very stodgy. I'm always looking at old photos of California and Los Angeles, knowing that what I'm looking at is now full of houses. There used to be vacant lots in Los Angeles, now all taken up by three-storey boxes - it's all getting infilled.” UsedThreeHouseKnowingTakenBoxesUsed To BeCaliforniaLos AngelesVacant Author:Edward Ruscha
“I would rather say that I have to be not from Los Angeles but from America. When I go to Europe or Asia, I find myself disoriented. I'm not so inspired by their culture as much. It's not going to really come out in my work. I would be more influenced by what somebody from America does - like a sign painter from Pennsylvania.” DoeWould BeAmericaCultureEuropeInspiredPainterLos AngelesAsiaPennsylvania Author:Edward Ruscha
“The subject [of Los Angeles] became a general metaphor for anxiety and the speed of modern life.” ModernSubjectsAnxietyMetaphorSpeedLos AngelesModern Life Author:Edward Ruscha
