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Quotes from John Chamberlain

I think of my art materials not as junk but as garbage. Manure, actually: it goes from being the waste material of one being to the life-source of another.
~ John Chamberlain
I'm more interested in seeing what the material tells me than in imposing my will on it.
~ John Chamberlain
Art is basically made by dissatisfied people who are willing to find some means to relieve the dissatisfaction.
~ John Chamberlain
Art is a liaison between some sort of deranged mentality and others who are not going through it.
~ John Chamberlain
The good thing about being an artist, is it's a legitimate way of looking at things cross-eyed.
~ John Chamberlain