A lot of it's experimental, spontaneous. It's about knocking about in the studio and bumping into things.

- Richard Prince

It would be strange for me to think I'm being ripped off, because that's what I do!

- Richard Prince

The subject comes first, the medium second.

- Richard Prince

I wouldn't mind people saying, "You can't do this because this isn't enough."

- Richard Prince

I never had a penny to my name, so I changed my name.

- 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…

- Richard Prince

If you're an artist or someone creative, it's all about cheap rent and not having to work for a living. That's what it's always been about. Unless yo…

- 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 …

- Richard Prince

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…

- Richard Prince