I made a body of work, which was like trying to make movies on a wall and was made up of all different images and materials. I had the aspiration to make movies because I thought that was the cycle. I had this insane egomaniac idea that I could make movies because I made these gigantic art projects.
I've been dealing with epic images, and I realized all of a sudden that I grew up in the age of epics. - Robert Longo
I've been dealing with epic images, and I realized all of a sudden that I grew up in the age of epics.
- Robert Longo
The ebb and flow as an artist is a bizarre experience, for sure. I was lucky enough to become successful pretty young - in late '79, 1980 - with a bo… - Robert Longo
The ebb and flow as an artist is a bizarre experience, for sure. I was lucky enough to become successful pretty young - in late '79, 1980 - with a bo…
If you're fortunate enough with your history, like with Men in the Cities, your work becomes so absorbed in culture that the authorship of it doesn't… - Robert Longo
If you're fortunate enough with your history, like with Men in the Cities, your work becomes so absorbed in culture that the authorship of it doesn't…
I find that all these subjects that I'm dealing with tend to lead me to religion and politics one way or another. It's not something that I necessari… - Robert Longo
I find that all these subjects that I'm dealing with tend to lead me to religion and politics one way or another. It's not something that I necessari…
When I look back on everything I've done, it all somehow makes sense to me. But it doesn't make sense when you're actually doing it. - Robert Longo
When I look back on everything I've done, it all somehow makes sense to me. But it doesn't make sense when you're actually doing it.
The artist has to be a guardian of the culture. - Robert Longo
The artist has to be a guardian of the culture.
My degree was in sculpture. I always think that drawing is a sculptural process. I always feel like I'm carving the image out rather than painting th… - Robert Longo
My degree was in sculpture. I always think that drawing is a sculptural process. I always feel like I'm carving the image out rather than painting th…
An artist can have an intention, but the viewer has their own subjective experience. - Robert Longo
An artist can have an intention, but the viewer has their own subjective experience.
It's weird making a drawing of painting. I start to realize that charcoal is this incredibly fragile material. I'm making images of paintings out of … - Robert Longo
It's weird making a drawing of painting. I start to realize that charcoal is this incredibly fragile material. I'm making images of paintings out of …
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