“It was never my goal to capitalize on punk. I could never make it as a commercial artist. I didn't back then and I still don't have the temperament and don't care for drawing or painting or making art for any other purposes other my own.” ArtStillsCarePurposeArtistGoalMy OwnPaintingDon't CareDrawingPunkTemperament Author:Raymond Pettibon
“I'm not God, but I'm working within my own means as an artist and a person, and I possibly have more power than God does, in whatever form he has, if he exists, because I can work without the overarching ambition of wanting to rule over everything. I can work just for the heck of it.” IfsMeanPersonsDoeI CanFormArtistMy OwnAmbitionBecause I Can Author:Raymond Pettibon
“There are instances where lines in my work are borrowed or stolen from sources, mainly from books, or they become my own versions. A lot of the writing is my own, too. But if someone were to take each drawing and trace it back to its source, most of them could be traced back to a book or a text.” IfsWritingBookLinesMy OwnSourceDrawingVersionsInstanceStolenBorrowed Author:Raymond Pettibon
“I don't know if it's good to be stuck at one place. I'm probably too close to home on that. Because that can happen-where I'm not the best judge of my own work.” IfsKnowsHomeHappensMy OwnJudgingStuck Author:Raymond Pettibon
