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It has become an ongoing national joke.

— Billy Childish

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On the Turner Prize. Mostly quoted as "an ongoing national joke" or just a "national joke."

More quotes by Billy Childish

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

Artists who don't paint aren't artists.

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.

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