What I find is that the taking, the stealing, the appropriation of images has to do with prior availability, and it sets up a degree where things can be shared... It's like 50% off... You can let something of another emotion or another personality sign on your work, or co-sign it.
I wish I had met [Francesca] Woodman forty years ago. It would have been great to live with her for a year. She didn't save anything. She played the … - Richard Prince
I wish I had met [Francesca] Woodman forty years ago. It would have been great to live with her for a year. She didn't save anything. She played the …
- Richard Prince
The way you would know if someone is famous in the art world is that you would ask your mother. My mother knows who Picasso was. She knows who Warhol… - Richard Prince
The way you would know if someone is famous in the art world is that you would ask your mother. My mother knows who Picasso was. She knows who Warhol…
It would be strange for me to think I'm being ripped off, because that's what I do! - Richard Prince
It would be strange for me to think I'm being ripped off, because that's what I do!
A lot of it's experimental, spontaneous. It's about knocking about in the studio and bumping into things. - Richard Prince
A lot of it's experimental, spontaneous. It's about knocking about in the studio and bumping into things.
The subject comes first, the medium second. - Richard Prince
The subject comes first, the medium second.
I wouldn't mind people saying, "You can't do this because this isn't enough." - Richard Prince
I wouldn't mind people saying, "You can't do this because this isn't enough."
I never had a penny to my name, so I changed my name. - Richard Prince
I never had a penny to my name, so I changed my name.
I didn't like hovering above myself and looking back, or going through a door and thinking, How many times did I just go through that door? How do I … - Richard Prince
I didn't like hovering above myself and looking back, or going through a door and thinking, How many times did I just go through that door? How do I …
I got a job in the tear-sheets department, ripping up magazines like People, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, and Time, and delivering the editorial page… - Richard Prince
I got a job in the tear-sheets department, ripping up magazines like People, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, and Time, and delivering the editorial page…
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