Quotes from Robert Longo

An artist should know art history. Shock value only lasts so long.

I think the pursuit of trying to understand things is really a critical issue. I see the issue of life and death in everything I do. I'm trying to find answers. It can be quite frustrating.

I can't come up with the titles. My wife hates my titles. She doesn't even want to know about them.

If you're fortunate enough with your history, like with Men in the Cities, your work becomes so absorbed in culture that the authorship of it doesn't exist anymore.

I do have great respect for painting, but I am definitely not a painter. I make drawings of paintings, and I'm jealous of painting for sure, but, for me, the paper gives my work a limit.

I always imagine that I want to make art that is going to kill you,whether it's going to do it visually or physically, I'll take either way.

The great thing about doing a show in New York is that you can work until the night before.

An artist can have an intention, but the viewer has their own subjective experience.