Sometimes commercial galleries ask for particular work to sell, but I try not to be bossed around by them. I didn't become an artist to get bossed around.
I don't like theorizing about my work myself, but that's not to say I have no interest in theory. Other people are free to say what they want about m… - David Shrigley
I don't like theorizing about my work myself, but that's not to say I have no interest in theory. Other people are free to say what they want about m…
- David Shrigley
I like comedy but I guess I don't think [my art] is that funny, either. It's too dark and a bit weird in places to be genuinely, uniformly hilarious … - David Shrigley
I like comedy but I guess I don't think [my art] is that funny, either. It's too dark and a bit weird in places to be genuinely, uniformly hilarious …
I don't really want to tell jokes about trivia; I'd kind of rather tell jokes about things like life and death. - David Shrigley
I don't really want to tell jokes about trivia; I'd kind of rather tell jokes about things like life and death.
I never sat down and decided to make work about life and death. It just all comes out of my head like water pouring out of a jug. - David Shrigley
I never sat down and decided to make work about life and death. It just all comes out of my head like water pouring out of a jug.
I think my books are better than my exhibitions. If people don't like my books then I don't mind. I guess you like them enough to write an essay abou… - David Shrigley
I think my books are better than my exhibitions. If people don't like my books then I don't mind. I guess you like them enough to write an essay abou…
I'm never really that worried about doing something a little different, 'cause it always just seems to fit into what I want to do. - David Shrigley
I'm never really that worried about doing something a little different, 'cause it always just seems to fit into what I want to do.
I am a serious artist in my own right, in the sense that I've spent my entire life being an artist and trying to be an artist and making work. - David Shrigley
I am a serious artist in my own right, in the sense that I've spent my entire life being an artist and trying to be an artist and making work.
I guess I just always want to surprise myself and say something that I'm not really quite sure where it came from, and it sort of makes sense and has… - David Shrigley
I guess I just always want to surprise myself and say something that I'm not really quite sure where it came from, and it sort of makes sense and has…
I'm definitely not an outsider artist. I'm very much an insider artist. I get written about in art magazines, and I'm not, like, in a mental institut… - David Shrigley
I'm definitely not an outsider artist. I'm very much an insider artist. I get written about in art magazines, and I'm not, like, in a mental institut…
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