I’m not trying to achieve perfection. I don’t like this forced control people have over work.
“I’m not trying to achieve perfection. I don’t like this forced control people have over work.” Billy Childish
“I’m not trying to achieve perfection. I don’t like this forced control people have over work.” Billy Childish
“I’m going to get a pair of wire-snips, and I’ve also started a new campaign to have blank CDs on jukeboxes so you can play … Read More
“I gave up drinking lots of whiskey and began to practice yoga and meditation. As a result I am not dead.” Billy Childish
“I don’t spend a lot of time working if I can help it.” Billy Childish
“I’ve not been an admirer of contemporary music since punk rock went off the boil in 1977, but once a year I’ll listen to ‘Spiral … Read More
“I think that the mythology of Van Gogh’s life, and the beauty of his paintings, is unstoppable.” Billy Childish
“Bowie and McCartney arrived, and the biscuits and caviare started and I left immediately. I don’t like shouting across rooms, with people in shiny suits … Read More
“We had the same kind of unemployment here as they had in the worst hit places in the North and you’re meant to be on … Read More
“I’ve always liked New York, as I like towns with an edge and New York has a European feel, so when I came to play … Read More
“I coined this term ‘freedom thru limitation’ back in the ’90s because I was sick of art being treated like pop, because of this boring … Read More
“When I was better known than her, she put my name in that tent. I was asked to do Celebrity Big Brother, but why should … Read More
“I make sure I make a painting – that’s my job. And I cook the Sunday dinner.” Billy Childish
“A moustache to a man is the same as a fringe is to a woman. When you’ve got it, you want to grow it out; … Read More
“Artists who don’t paint aren’t artists.” Billy Childish
“I like feeling at home and knowing people. I like talking about ideas and being friendly.” Billy Childish
“It is an artist’s duty to be on the wrong end of the see-saw.” Billy Childish
“Before 1999, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas offered to get me exhibitions, but joining the Stuckists put a kaibosh on all that – because I … Read More
“I like being on the margins. You work better there.” Billy Childish
“People could live very happily without the Turner Prize, but they could not live without real communication and emotion.” Billy Childish
“I’ve dubbed myself as an amateur, not because I work in different field, but because I do what I do for love.” Billy Childish