“I suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket rather than under a gas pump, but signs and comics are interesting as subject matter. There are certain things that are usable, forceful, and vital about commercial art. We’re using those things – but we're not really advocating stupidity, international teenagerism and terrorism.”

— Roy Lichtenstein

Source: 1960's, What is Pop Art? Interviews with eight painters' (1963), pp. 25-27

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American pop artist 1923–1997

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