It was never my goal to capitalize on punk. I could never make it as a commercial artist. I didn't back then and I still don't have the temperament and don't care for drawing or painting or making art for any other purposes other my own.
Raymond PettibonForgiveness is the nature of my art in general. It's expressing love and compassion, the kinds of things that don't make sense in any other context other than emotive expression.
Raymond PettibonThere's always a latent or inferred image in my writing. And I can almost always assume if I do a drawing that it will eventually have text.
Raymond PettibonI don't want to express violence or anger or hate in my art. I want to express forgiveness.
Raymond Pettibon