I had no idea what art was. There was one art class in high school, but it didn't make a big impression on me. Then I went to college and thought I'd become a writer.
Of course, the '60s was a study in decadence. Everything just got worse and worse, and at the end of the '60s, everything was so horrible that people… - Claes Oldenburg
Of course, the '60s was a study in decadence. Everything just got worse and worse, and at the end of the '60s, everything was so horrible that people…
- Claes Oldenburg
The main reason for the colossal objects is the obvious one, to expand and intensify the presence of the vessel - the object. - Claes Oldenburg
The main reason for the colossal objects is the obvious one, to expand and intensify the presence of the vessel - the object.
Everything I do is completely original-I made it up when I was a kid. - Claes Oldenburg
Everything I do is completely original-I made it up when I was a kid.
Food is like clay; you can sculpt with it. Also it has an odor, and you can eat it. I don't eat a lot of cake, but I do make cakes! And unlike the Ca… - Claes Oldenburg
Food is like clay; you can sculpt with it. Also it has an odor, and you can eat it. I don't eat a lot of cake, but I do make cakes! And unlike the Ca…
Art is a technique of communication. The image is the most complete technique of all communication. - Claes Oldenburg
Art is a technique of communication. The image is the most complete technique of all communication.
My rule was not to paint things as they were. I wasn't copying; I was remaking them as my own. - Claes Oldenburg
My rule was not to paint things as they were. I wasn't copying; I was remaking them as my own.
I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself, that twists and extends and accumulates and spits and drips, and is heavy and coar… - Claes Oldenburg
I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself, that twists and extends and accumulates and spits and drips, and is heavy and coar…
I am for an art that grows up not knowing it is art at all. - Claes Oldenburg
I am for an art that grows up not knowing it is art at all.
There's always been a potential erotic possibility with objects. - Claes Oldenburg
There's always been a potential erotic possibility with objects.
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