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Some of the pictures I must say every now and then I just think are going to be funny. When it gets that much, you might as well just pull out all the stops and make it more of a burlesque.
Martin Mull
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I've been doing it all along, ever since I got out of art school.
Martin Mull
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Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble.
Martin Mull
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It was taunted as reality. It was dangled as a carrot. In terms of people's hopes and dreams, to say that that is less of a reality than the daily grind they find themselves in is maybe not correct.
Martin Mull
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I had a teacher in art school who said something about the only works he really enjoyed seeing or found much in were works where he had a sense that a discovery was made in the course of making this object. I like to hold to that as my marching orders.
Martin Mull
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I don't think you really can send an exact message, because any two viewers are so disparate, in terms of their backgrounds, their point of view, their histories, that there's no telling what that message might be.
Martin Mull
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I try to not get to the point where one is making wallpaper, or simply painting money. I want to make sure that I am at least trying to weigh myself down, that there's a challenge each time.
Martin Mull
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I've always had a certain fascination. It's basically paint what you know, and this is what I grew up with.
Martin Mull
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I think there are a lot of pictures to make. I sometimes question whether I'm even an artist or just a painter. To me, the making of the pictures is the most important thing.
Martin Mull
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To be able to get up and be in my studio and work all day is a great joy.
Martin Mull
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It really is a day job, and it also seems to have virtually disappeared-with no remorse, really. It gives me more time to paint.
Martin Mull
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It's hard to decide if TV makes morons out of everyone, or if it mirrors Americans who really are morons to begin with.
Martin Mull
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Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your head.
Martin Mull
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If there is some art involved, I'd like it to be that it came through the cracks of daily work.
Martin Mull
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