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I love the Prado in Madrid. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is also great.

- Marcel Dzama
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I've always remembered 'Where the Wild Things Are' so clearly, which isn't the case with most other children's books. 'Wild Things' was a favorite from the start.

Every now and then, I like to take a break from the visual arts and play a few songs on guitar. I don't play them for anyone.

I'm always interested in seeing how other artists work. I want to know what their working patterns are. I even like to know if they listen to music when they draw or what time of day they draw, even materials they use, what they research, if they use photographs.

I don't go digital. I was never good with technology. I didn't have a cellphone until I moved to New York. My gallery was like, 'What? How are we supposed to contact you?'

I only learned about Darger a couple years ago, when I kept seeing his name in reference to my artwork, so I looked him up. I wouldn't consider him an influence because I'd already established my current style before learning about him, but I enjoy his work a lot.

I find that I'm constantly drawing. Even when I'm on holidays or when the baby's sleeping, I'll just start doing some automatic drawing, something like that, and then it will turn into a piece, even though I thought I was just doodling.

I use dull colors in my drawings because I started out using a root beer base, because it seemed like an interesting idea, and when it turned out that it worked quite well as an ink, I started using other colors that would complement it, like grays from Higgins black writing ink and, more recently, Dr. P.H. Martin's olive green and vermilion.

The process of the body changing and making a whole human fascinates me.

I make art primarily for myself and to show my friends, so I guess it's important to make art that they can connect to.

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I love the Prado in Madrid. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is also great.

I love the Prado in Madrid. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is also great.

I love the Prado in Madrid. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is also great.

I love the Prado in Madrid. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is also great.

I love the Prado in Madrid. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is also great.

I love the Prado in Madrid. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is also great.

I love the Prado in Madrid. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is also great.

I love the Prado in Madrid. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is also great.

I love the Prado in Madrid. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is also great.

I love the Prado in Madrid. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is also great.

I love the Prado in Madrid. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is also great.

I love the Prado in Madrid. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is also great.

I love the Prado in Madrid. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is also great.

I love the Prado in Madrid. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is also great.

I love the Prado in Madrid. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is also great.