Tumblering Quotes

"Why worry?"

The engraving above TE Lawrence's door at Clouds Hill, Dorset.

Mel Bochner, "Chuckle," 2020,

Monoprint in oil with collagen, engraving and embossing on handmade paper,

Jenny Holzer,

Living: It's nice when you decide to like someone… , 1981,

Cast bronze plaque, 71⁄2 X 101⁄2 in. (19.1 x 26.7 cm.),

Richard Prince, "Protest Painting,"

The piece depicts a muted, textured monochromatic surface overlaying the structural shape of a cross. Stenciled across the top section are the truncated words "IM A MA", directly referencing the historical civil rights slogan and Glenn Ligon's iconic artwork, Untitled (I Am a Man).

Acrylic and graphite on canvas,

William Pope.L. , "Next to Last Silk Screen," 2018,

Silkscreen in lightbox,

25 x 19 ³/₈in. (63.6 x 49.3cm.)

Jona Krasniqi, Where Do Thoughts Go, 2025,

Yayoi Kusama, Untitled, 2024,

Acrylic and marker pen on paper,

Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren:

'I Groaned with Pain' T-Shirt,

The quote actually originates from the 1954 erotic novel Helen and Desire by Alexander Trocchi. It became famous in the 1970s when Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren featured it on provocative t-shirts sold at their legendary King's Road boutique, SEX.