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I don't go digital. I was never good with technology. I didn't have a cellphone until I moved to New York. My gallery was like, 'What? How are we supposed to contact you?' Marcel Dzama

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I find that I'm constantly drawing. Even when I'm on holidays or when the baby's sleeping, I'll just start doing some automatic drawing, something like that, and then it will turn into a piece, even though I thought I was just doodling. Marcel Dzama

I use dull colors in my drawings because I started out using a root beer base, because it seemed like an interesting idea, and when it turned out that it worked quite well as an ink, I started using other colors that would complement it, like grays from Higgins black writing ink and, more recently, Dr. P.H. Martin's olive green and vermilion. Marcel Dzama

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When I was a school kid, I used to read lots of comics. This started me on drawing. I would make my own comics about my teddy bear, whose name happened to be Ted. Marcel Dzama

I'm always interested in seeing how other artists work. I want to know what their working patterns are. I even like to know if they listen to music when they draw or what time of day they draw, even materials they use, what they research, if they use photographs. Marcel Dzama

I only learned about Darger a couple years ago, when I kept seeing his name in reference to my artwork, so I looked him up. I wouldn't consider him an influence because I'd already established my current style before learning about him, but I enjoy his work a lot. Marcel Dzama

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I make art primarily for myself and to show my friends, so I guess it's important to make art that they can connect to. Marcel Dzama

Art Myself Important Guess Primarily Make Friends Show Connect

I love the Prado in Madrid. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is also great. Marcel Dzama

Love Great Madrid Boston Also Museum

I like controversy. The more controversial it gets, the more interesting it is. Marco Brambilla

More Like Gets Controversial Controversy Interesting

I think in America there's this free flow between fashion, art, architecture, music and design. In Europe, it's more segregated between those different disciplines, I think. Marco Brambilla

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Most of my work has no conventional narrative, so it's not essential to have a beginning and an end - your attention can flow in and out of the experience rather than having a set entry point. Marco Brambilla

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Usually, the energy in elevators is so awkward; I mean, I can't imagine the politics in the ones in the Conde Nast building. Marco Brambilla

Politics Building Energy Mean Awkward Imagine

I'm a huge cinemaphile. My interest in filmmaking came out of experimenting with different genres, and I wanted to go back to working in a way that was more personal, which, for me, was artwork. Commercials and films are more collaborative. Marco Brambilla

I would like to think all our gifts and talents and abilities come from God. Margaret Keane

God Think Our Gifts Would Ability Come Like Talents

I was always drawing eyes, even as a child. Eyes fascinated me. Margaret Keane

Me Eyes Drawing Always Child Fascinated Even

I'm a night person; I don't usually get up till noon. Margaret Keane

Till Noon Up Person Get Night

I don't know why I paint what I paint. I think it comes out - it's kind of my subconscious or something. Margaret Keane

Subconscious Think Out Kind Something Know Paint Why

For many years, I had allowed my second husband to take credit for my paintings. But one day, unable to continue the deception any longer, I left him and my home in California and moved to Hawaii. Margaret Keane

In the beginning, I started doing portraits of children, and of course, children have large eyes. For some reason, they just started getting bigger and bigger. Then, when I started painting imaginary children rather than real ones, they became bigger still. Margaret Keane

I'm not a 'long writer' and have never wanted to write a novel or even a novella. Poetry, like flash fiction, provides a readily accessible canvas to play with. Whether to express an emotion or share a vignette, these forms are often interchangeable. Marge Simon

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Melville locked himself away in his room for months while working on 'Moby Dick.' If I ever decide to write a novel, I hope someone will take pity on me and take me out to dinner instead. Marge Simon

I'm not a feminist. Marge Simon

Feminist

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