Graffiti is linear and it's done with a pencil, and it's like writing on walls. But in my paintings it's more lyrical.
I love my sculptures, and I was lucky I had them for 50 years because no one would look at them and I really liked having them around. - Cy Twombly
I love my sculptures, and I was lucky I had them for 50 years because no one would look at them and I really liked having them around.
- Cy Twombly
I never really separated painting and literature. - Cy Twombly
I never really separated painting and literature.
And we who have always thought of happiness climbing, would feel the emotion that almost startles when happiness falls. - Cy Twombly
And we who have always thought of happiness climbing, would feel the emotion that almost startles when happiness falls.
I had my freedom and that was nice. - Cy Twombly
I had my freedom and that was nice.
I hate roses. Don't you? It's all right if you can hide them in a cutting garden, but I think a rose garden is the height of ick. - Cy Twombly
I hate roses. Don't you? It's all right if you can hide them in a cutting garden, but I think a rose garden is the height of ick.
Paint is something that I use with my hands and do all those tactile things. I really don't like oil because you can't get back into it, or you make … - Cy Twombly
Paint is something that I use with my hands and do all those tactile things. I really don't like oil because you can't get back into it, or you make …
Every line is the actual experience with its own unique story. - Cy Twombly
Every line is the actual experience with its own unique story.
When I work, I work very fast, but preparing to work can take any length of time. - Cy Twombly
When I work, I work very fast, but preparing to work can take any length of time.
I listed to Tchaikovsky. He is both kitsch and profound. I love that lack of "Good taste." - Cy Twombly
I listed to Tchaikovsky. He is both kitsch and profound. I love that lack of "Good taste."
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