Yes, there's a certain power to a photograph. The camera has a way of disorienting a person, if it wants to and, for me, when it disorients, it's got…

- Edward Ruscha

I never expected to sell my art. It wasn't like today where you come out of art school and they promise you a future. Now it's almost regulated in a …

- Edward Ruscha

When I began painting, all my paintings were of words which were gutteral utterances like Smash, Boss, Eat. Those words were like flowers in a vase.

- Edward Ruscha

I think the most interesting stuff comes from people who've just got nothing to lose. You know, let's kamikaze this thing - just throw themselves in …

- Edward Ruscha

I don't do social media of any kind. If I did, I may as well join Scientology.

- Edward Ruscha

I just use [the camera]. I just pick it up like an axe when I've got to chop down a tree. I pick up a camera and go out and shoot the pictures I have…

- Edward Ruscha

I wasn't captivated by the romance of Paris or London. I love visiting, but I'd rather be in L.A.

- Edward Ruscha

The subject [of Los Angeles] became a general metaphor for anxiety and the speed of modern life.

- Edward Ruscha

Nothing's changed except the dates on the newspapers. I'm in my same skin thinking the same old thoughts. The difference between psychedelia and digi…

- Edward Ruscha