I'm interested in visual vocabulary, like Warhol was interested in that vocabulary of advertisements and television and pop culture.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century.
During the '70s I was interested in words and meaning as a way of making art.
Vocabulary is a matter of word-building as well as word-using.
When I first started painting candyland imagery, I was looking for the best possible metaphor for everything that is pleasure, desire and insatiability.
I grew up in an atmosphere where words were an integral part of culture.
Picture books are the distillation of an idea, and you have to use just the right words. I love that, and I try to use a lot of action verbs.
The way we tell our stories on stage is that we use spoken word to convey action, and in movies, we use visual images to convey action.
According to my wife, my use of vocabulary is wide and varied.
I have a vocabulary in clothing. It's like a whole language.
I always try to think of a vocabulary to match different musical situations.