I am an immigrant in a sense. ...

I am an immigrant in a sense. What happened was that my father was stationed in New York when my mother became pregnant, and she said, "I've got to go to Sweden so this child can be born there, because you don't have any idea where you're going to be transferred next.
 Claes Oldenburg

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My mother warned me to avoid things colored red.
 Claes Oldenburg
I don't do abstract art because I don't find it as interesting as I do subjects and depictions.
 Claes Oldenburg
When you're working with an object, you can put in almost anything you want, you can make it abstract.
 Claes Oldenburg
I think the Freudian impulse is in everything, so I just accept it. I don't always believe what Freud is saying but it sounds like fun.
 Claes Oldenburg