Brad Holland

Many people decorate their homes with designer graffiti, even though most of them would probably have real graffiti scoured off the walls of their buildings. ”

Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we're trying to be artists in a democratic society. This is because in a democracy, the ideal is compromise. In art, it isn't. ”

Political art expresses the cliches you agree with, unlike propaganda, which expresses the cliches you don't. ”

All the other kids in ninth grade were drawing hot rods and cocker spaniels and getting blue ribbons in art class. I was getting rejection slips from the 'Saturday Evening Post.' ”

Style is the most valuable asset of the modern artist. That's probably why so many styles are reported lost or stolen each year. ”

I don't get ideas, I have them. The trick is to remember where I've put them. ”

Postmodernists believe that truth is myth, and myth, truth. This equation has its roots in pop psychology. The same people also believe that emotions are a form of reality. There used to be another name for this state of mind. It used to be called psychosis. ”

Art imitates life. Life imitates high school. ”

Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life. ”

Your biggest influences are the earliest ones. When I was young, I was very influenced by the short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne. ”