I got a little studio in Chicago and practiced. I realized I had to earn some money. So I went to work for an advertising agency where my job was mostly drawing insects for a company that sold an insecticide spray.
Claes OldenburgThe thing about the ray gun is, you pick up anything you see on the street that's the shape of a gun.
Claes OldenburgMy rule was not to paint things as they were. I wasn't copying; I was remaking them as my own.
Claes OldenburgI had no idea what art was. There was one art class in high school, but it didn't make a big impression on me. Then I went to college and thought I'd become a writer.
Claes Oldenburg