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“Back in the '80s, a lot of the images I used were from TV or from films on TV.”

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Raymond Pettibon is an influential American artist known for his graffiti, painting, and printmaking. His works often contain political and social commentary, reflecting on American culture and history. more

“There are lots of guns and action in my drawings, and part of that is just to make them more interesting. Because you can go through a whole film and it's mostly talking heads and little else until the action scenes, and they're usually violence or physical stuff. Same with baseball, or any sport. Except I find pitching and batting are visually very striking.”

Littles Whole Action Film Stuff Sports Interesting Talking Violence Scene Gun Baseball Drawing Pitching Batting Talking Heads

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“I don't feel that I decided deliberately I'm going to write something and have it stand alone. Somewhere by the end I think it would probably revert to imagery.”

Thinking Feels Writing Ends Decided Imagery Stand Alone

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“If you don't use an image now you might have a place to put it in further down the line - and I have a lot of unfinished drawings.”

Ifs Use Might Lines Drawing Unfinished

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“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.”

Ifs Knows Home Happens My Own Judging Stuck

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“It's inevitable that everyone's first drawing they draw is much like their fingerprint. It's inescapable that one has an identifiable style. It's not a major issue with me, but I never wanted to have a distinctive signature style so much.”

Firsts Wanted Issues Style Majors Draws Drawing Inevitable Signatures Distinctive Fingerprints

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“No one can help me with my work. I think I do best when I am just left alone.”

Thinking Helping Left Help Me Left Alone

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“I don't have extravagant tastes or expenses - like with cars, clothes, or whatever.”

Car Taste Clothes Expenses Extravagant

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“I don't drive often, because the parking makes it too much of a nuisance. And I could never go back to commuting or anything. I'd just get fed up with it.”

Too Much Feds Parking Fed Up Nuisance Commuting

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“Whenever I reference something, it usually comes back at some point. I don't know why.”

Knows

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“It's very rare that someone gets the death penalty for charges of conspiracy, for his influence, for his Svengali-Rasputin act.”

Influence Conspiracy Penalties Death Penalty Rasputin Svengali

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