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Billy Childish Quotes

born 1959 England

Billy Childish (born 1 December 1959) is a musician, artist and poet. He is a co-founder of the Stuckists art group, which he has since left.

England
Guitarists
Novelists
Painters
Poets

Also known as: Steven John Hamper

Random Billy Childish quote

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I like being on the margins. You work better there.

Artists who don't paint aren't artists.

It has become an ongoing national joke.

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 who look like used-car salesmen.

I loved moustaches. I used to draw myself with one. When I was 14, I was really into war and Van Gogh.

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 I? We live in an age where fame is not related to what you do.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Billy Childish (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.