“It seems like there are always gatekeepers. People between you and the people who are moved by your work. They often make a beautiful thing creepy.” PeopleSeemsBeautifulMovedBeautiful ThingsCreepyGatekeepers Author:John Lurie
“I start out making my paintings for me. I don't see it as a form of communication. Until, of course, after they are done and I want people to see them. And want them to be recognized. But while I am making them I just try to get lost in them. Kind of like it's a prayer.” PeopleTryingKindDonePrayerPaintingCommunication Author:John Lurie
“I attempt to create a world that hypnotizes me as I make it. I hope others can get lost in it in the same way, but to be honest, I don't care that much. It isn't like a basketball player is out on the court hoping that people like the game of basketball as the game goes on. If people don't see it, they don't see it. It is a fragile thing and most people recognize that and respect it. Even if for whatever reason, they don't like the painting.” PeopleWorldReasonCarePlayerHonestPaintingBasketballBeing HonestBasketball Player Author:John Lurie
“I think humor is actually a very serious thing. I think the people who shaped culture, for the better, in the last 50 years or so, more than almost anyone else are people like Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Richard Pryor and even Chris Rock, back when he was doing the edgier stuff.” PeopleThinkingCultureSerious Author:John Lurie
“There are people clamoring for the election of Donald Trump because they hate anyone whose skin is a slight shade different than theirs. They are calling for the eradication of Islam and want to build a wall along an arbitrary line that keeps Mexicans out of the land they probably have more of a right to cross than the people who now somehow think they have a right to be there.” PeopleThinkingDifferentHateWallSkinsElectionIslam Author:John Lurie
“I'd always maintained an image so that people wouldn't approach me.” PeopleApproach Author:John Lurie
