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Quotes by David Shrigley - (7 quotes)

David Shrigley - From the Books category:

- interview with Tim Clark, 2004...
I think my books are better than my exhibitions. If people don't like my books then I don't mind. I guess you like them enough to write an essay about them so that makes me pretty happy. (David Shrigley)

David Shrigley - From the Collaboration category:

- on promo video for Blur, interview with Tim Clark, 2004......
It was a collaboration with the animators so it's not just my work, though they were very simpatico. (David Shrigley)

David Shrigley - From the Drawing category:

- interview with Tim Clark, 2004...
All the drawings for these books are done over a quite intense period working (4-6 weeks), so for me they have some kind of relation to each other, they are about how I was feeling/ what I was thinking about at that time. (David Shrigley)

David Shrigley - From the Editing category:

- interview with Tim Clark, 2004...
I guess I did about 300-400 drawings for each book and edited them down. When I was working on them I kind of had a rough notion of what the books were about. (David Shrigley)

David Shrigley - From the Humour category:

I don't think I've ever made any conscious decision to be a comic artist, but to me there's something quite anarchic about comedy. (David Shrigley)

David Shrigley - From the Profession category:

- answer to the question, "What do you consider your greatest achievement?", The Guardian...
Not having to have a proper job. (David Shrigley)

David Shrigley - From the Theory category:

- interview with Tim Clark, 2004...
I don't like theorizing about my work myself, but that's not to say I have no interest in theory. Other people are free to say what they want about my work. (David Shrigley)