“ 'Clothespin' was the first city monument on a large scale that could compete with the architecture around it. Claes Oldenburg
“ I am for an art that is political-erotical-mystical, that does something more than sit on its ass in a museum. Claes Oldenburg
“ I am for an art that imitates the human, that is comic, if necessary, or violent, or whatever is necessary. I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself, that twists and extends a… Claes Oldenburg
