“I like when people have opinions - especially about art. You can hate my art. I made my art to be hated. That's why I made the name paintings.” PeopleArtMadeHateNamesOpinionPaintingHated Author:Josh Smith
“I made work specifically for them not to like. If you made paintings of flowers and someone says they hate it, it's like, "What do you mean? It's a flower!" But if you make a painting of your name and somebody says they hate it, it's like, "Well, why would you like a painting of my name anyway?"” IfsWellsMeanMadeHateNamesPaintingFlower Author:Josh Smith
“I do, but I don't like doing that. I would do it out of hate or anger. I would do it because some- one was pushing my buttons, but really I don't want to break my back in some European city while everyone else is drinking espresso. I only do it because someone refused to pay for the shipping, or something like that. I don't want to let a whole city of people down.” PeopleWantWholeHatePayCitiesBreakDrinkingPushingButtonsShippingEspresso Author:Josh Smith