Roy Lichtenstein

Expressionism is the opposite of what I'm doing.

I want my paintings to have the directness of a comic strip.

Art is the repetition of things.

I don't paint from life; I paint from images.

The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.

Pop art looks out into the high art of modernism and the mysterious world of cartooning.

I like the idea of using everyday objects in art.

My comics are not funny; they're serious.

Art is about ordinary things made extraordinary.

I am a painter who works with images from popular culture.

The romanticism in my work comes from the source material.

I don't want to make art that is precious.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

My technique is part of the content.

I enjoy the process more than the product sometimes.

Advertising and comics are the art of our time.

I transform the commonplace into art.

Humor is a big part of my work, but it's dry humor.

Art should be accessible to everyone.

I started with Benday dots because they were there.