“I barely knew I wanted to be an artist. I liked my art classes and painting was fun, I guess, but I didn't realize that seeing the country was going to inspire me to further explore that... but that's what it did.” ArtCountryWantedArtistFunRealizingClassSeeingInspirePaintingArt Class Author:Edward Ruscha
“I knew I wanted to be some kind of artist from about 12. I met a neighbour who drew cartoons, and I had an idea I wanted to be a cartoonist - or something that involved Indian ink, at any rate.” KindIdeasWantedArtistInvolvedMetsRateIndianCartoonInkNeighbourCartoonist Author:Edward Ruscha
“My friends and neighbors were always fixing their cars. Soldiers who felt restless wanted to work on something, and they understood cars. Me, I like to look at cars but I was never really a mechanic.” LooksWantedFeltCarUnderstoodMy FriendsSoldierNeighborMechanicRestlessFixing Author:Edward Ruscha
“I never expected to sell my art. It wasn't like today where you come out of art school and they promise you a future. Now it's almost regulated in a way. When we came out of school, we just wanted to make art that'd blow your hair back and do it for sport. There was no commercial possibility that we saw.” WayArtTodayWantedSchoolSportsSawsPossibilityHairPromiseSellsBlowExpectedArt SchoolWhere You Come Author:Edward Ruscha
