1933 – 2017 • American • Artist
I am not in yesterday; I am not in tomorrow. I am right now.
I don't do anecdotes. I accumulate experiences.
Popular culture isn't a freeze-frame; it is images zapping by in rapid-fire succession, which is why collage is such an effective way of representing contemporary life. The blur between images creates a kind of motion in the mind.
We may seem insignificantly small, but we exist. So I remain optimistic.
I think of my actions every day: what seems to be important and what isn't.
I was on a panel with Marshall McLuhan in Canada. Someone says, 'Mr. McLuhan, I read your book, and I disagree with you.' And he says, 'Oh, you read my book? Then you only know half the story.'