There are no guidelines for what happens when you get successful as an artist. My heroes were artists like Acconci, and he didn't make any money. That's what I thought success was.
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…
- 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
I've been dealing with epic images, and I realized all of a sudden that I grew up in the age of epics.
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…
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…
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…
The artist has to be a guardian of the culture. - Robert Longo
The artist has to be a guardian of the culture.
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.
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 …
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.
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