Laurie Simmons quotes

We don't have real hours and we don't have a boss, so artists create rules for themselves that they then break. It's transgressive in such a personal way. (Laurie Simmons)
When I was in art school, there was a stigma attached to coming from comfortable suburbia. If you were from Great Neck, Long Island, you couldn't be a 'real artist', so I found crafty ways of implying that I was from New York. View quote
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My father was a dentist. And my mother was a - do we still say 'housewife'? A home engineer. View quote
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I'm innately conservative, and painting is an ideal place to exercise a progressive conservatism. I operate well within limits. View quote
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I've always gone for a kind of perfection. View quote
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My favourite thing is to discover what someone does well and say, 'Do that for me.' View quote
Laurie Simmons

Laurie Simmons

Occupation: American Artist
Born: October 3, 1949
Quotes count: 6