why the name "use your illusion"

[LECHUGAGNR]

Somebody knows? why? ?the name of album Use your illusion? ?"the reazon of the name

[Soori]

its a cool nam!! meaning if u use ur illusion.. u can do anything u want! i think im right or maybe rong lol. GUNS N ROSES LIVE IN A WORLD DIFFERENT TO US!! MAYBE THEY THOUGHT THAT!!

[Captain P?l]

its a cool nam!! meaning if u use ur illusion.. u can do anything u want! i think im right or maybe rong lol. GUNS N ROSES LIVE IN A WORLD DIFFERENT TO US!! MAYBE THEY THOUGHT THAT!!

i bought me an illusion and i put it on the wall
i let it fill my head with dreams and i had to have them all

and:
you can Use Your Illusion, let it take you where it may

from the ditty locomotive...



to me that title is almost like typing <place title here>.

oh yeah, anyway.

isnt the painting called use your illusion too? i mean the crop of the Schools of Athens?

i read once it was just a painting axl bought

[Loaded NightraiN]

Because that was the name of the painting, i believe....

[Jimmy?]

Because that was the name of the painting, i believe....

It was indeed, Kostabi named it "Use Your Illusions"

http://www.kostabi.com/paintings.html

[LECHUGAGNR]

i read ?biographys , interviews but i don't ?remember ? read de reason

[LECHUGAGNR]

thanks y know the painting but not the name of the painting    thanks

[LECHUGAGNR]

thanks y know the painting but not the name of the painting ? ?thanks

[aicha]

      I met axl this summer and asked him what he meant by naming the albums "use your illusion". Was it a criticism like you are fooling yourselves or did it imply that we need illusions to keep going. Here is what he said to me and I think it is very cool. He said " A little bit of both. Like for the last 10 years I kept thinking I was a huge rock star when I really wasn't but I needed it to keep going."

[PJ]

www.gnrsource.com

The cover design is done by Mike Kostabi, who took out a piece of the painting titled "La scuola di Atene" (The School of Athens) and edited it. The original picture was drawn by Raffaello Sanzio, in 1509-10, and you can see Platon and Aristotle on the picture (though not on the album cover). The back cover was shot by Robert John, who had less than half an hour to shoot it - something he'd been working on for over a month.

Slash: "Use Your Illusion" is the title of a painting by some controversial artist. I don't know who. I've never heard of him. I don't keep up with art circles. But that's the name of this painting that Axl bought, and he said, 'Let's make this the cover of the album.' Like the last album cover, we just said, 'Fine,' no discussion.

Mike Kostabi: The band was already huge and I knew that it would put me in another stratosphere of exposure. I knew that it would give me more credibility with the younger, general public but I was surprised to discover that the owner of 303 Gallery suddenly showed me a little admiration and respect.

Mike Kostabi: I'm glad my signature is clearly visible and since my painting is an interpretation of a detail from Raphael's School of Athens, it gives me an amusing personal doorway into learning more about art history.