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Billy Childish

English

December 1, 1959

Artist

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I make sure I make a painting - that's my job. And I cook the Sunday dinner.

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I like feeling at home and knowing people. I like talking about ideas and being friendly.

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I did not like prizes at school. I didn't like tests or exams, or the 11+, or O-levels. Later I hated B.A.s and M.A.s. The reason I hated them is that I don't like being tested, failed or falsely praised by anyone.

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Being a fan of authentic Dada, I find today's art - what I call 'Bankers' Dada' - mind-numbingly dull. The most challenging work I've seen of late is by The British Art Resistance. Their document, 'A Call for Heroes in an Age of Cowards', is apt in these days of witless chancers.

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