Paul Simonon Quotes

I'm not knocking conceptual art; it's another department, but it doesn't move me like painting.

Paul Simonon

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• I'm not knocking conceptual art; it's another department, but it doesn't move me like painting.

  

  Paul Simonon
  • Art
  • Painting
  • Conceptual