The world of pop art has grown not just through new ideas and novel mediums, but also through the words of the iconic pop artists of all times. Here are some of the wonderful quotations on pop art, that various artists and critics have said over time. The words continue to inspire followers, artists and pop art lovers even today.
Pop art looks out into the world. It doesn’t look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself. – Roy Lichtenstein
Pop art is the indelible, raised to the unspeakable. – Leonard Baskin
Art doesn’t transform. It just plain forms. – Roy Lichtenstein
The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet. – Andy Warhol
I’m interested in what would normally be considered the worst aspects of commercial art. I think it’s the tension between what seems to be rigid and clichéd and the fact that art really can’t be this way. – Roy Lichtenstein
Don’t pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches. – Andy Warhol
In sharp contrasts to traditional art, modern art does not hide the fact that it is something made and produced : on the contrary it underscores that fact. – Theodor W Adorno
Pop art is neither abstract nor realistic, though it has contacts in both directions. The core of pop art is at neither frontier. It is essentially an art, about signs and sign systems. – Lawrence Alloway
Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea. – John Ciardi
Words for and against the pop art movement have continuously been spoken. Reflecting the thoughts of diverse artists and critics, these words showcase the importance the movement has enjoyed through years. We at Personal Art, revel in the myriad forms of pop art and bring our customers the best of its forms as personalized portraits.
