There are lots of guns and action in my drawings, and part of that is just to make … - Raymond Pettibon

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I'm sick of all these young people just boogeying around, wasting their lives, you know.

Raymond Pettibon

There are lots of guns and action in my drawings, and part of that is just to make them more interesting. Because you can go through a whole film and it's mostly talking heads and little else until the action scenes, and they're usually violence or physical stuff. Same with baseball, or any sport. Except I find pitching and batting are visually very striking.

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I don't want to express violence or anger or hate in my art. I want to express forgiveness.

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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.

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