There are instances where lines in my work are borrowed or stolen from sources, mainly from books, or … - Raymond Pettibon

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The solution when you don't like someone's speech is not to silence that person, or that corporation. It's more and louder speech of your own.

Raymond Pettibon

There are instances where lines in my work are borrowed or stolen from sources, mainly from books, or they become my own versions. A lot of the writing is my own, too. But if someone were to take each drawing and trace it back to its source, most of them could be traced back to a book or a text.

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