I was an abstract expressionist before I had seen any abstract expressionist paintings. I started when I was a kid and continued just doing abstract stuff all through high school.
Dennis HopperArt is a bad word in Hollywood. You use art too many times and they show you the elevator and then your name is taken off the parking lot.
Dennis HopperYou know, the history of California art doesn't start until about 1961, and that's when these photographs start. I mean, we have no history out here.
Dennis Hopper