“The one thing I miss is hitchhiking. Now there's no more of that. When's the last time you saw a hitchhiker? It's not that I consider it a great sport, but it was my way of seeing the country. The open road, especially in the western United States, is still very pristine, but everything else around it has changed.” WayStillsCountryStatesLastsSportsUnitedUnited StatesSawsSeeingOne ThingMissingChangedWesternMy WayLast TimeGreat SportsPristineHitchhikingOpen Road Author:Edward Ruscha
“Yes, there's a certain power to a photograph. The camera has a way of disorienting a person, if it wants to and, for me, when it disorients, it's got real value.” IfsWayWantPersonsRealCertainValuesCamerasPhotographReal Value Book:Leave Any Information at the Signal: Writings, Interviews, Bits, Pages Source: Leave Any Information at the Signal: Writings, Interviews, Bits, Pages
“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