My work doesn't have the same rules as, say, Andy [Warhol]'s work. But it's gathered together for the … - Claes Oldenburg

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I decided to do philosophy at university, with a view to becoming a professional philosopher. Being a rather unstable character, at some points I had doubts about becoming a professional philosopher, but the example of two of my teachers, Ezequiel de Olaso and Juan Rodriguez Larreta, made me confirm my original decision.

Claes Oldenburg

My work doesn't have the same rules as, say, Andy [Warhol]'s work. But it's gathered together for the simple reason that we all worked with the images and objects around us.

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Everything I do is completely original-I made it up when I was a kid.

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I'm in favor of an art that does something other than just sit on its ass in a museum.

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Because my work is naturally non-meaningful, the meaning found in it will remain doubtful and inconsistent - which is the way it should be. All that I care about is that, like any startling piece of nature, it should be capable of stimulating meaning.

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My rule was not to paint things as they were. I wasn't copying; I was remaking them as my own.

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Food is like clay; you can sculpt with it. Also it has an odor, and you can eat it. I don't eat a lot of cake, but I do make cakes! And unlike the Campbell's Soup Cans, my food is a humanized form and scale.

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