I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. — Cy Twombly Copy Share Image
Graffiti is usually a protest - ink on walls - or has a reason for being naughty or aggressive. — Cy Twombly Copy Share Image
I love my sculptures, and I was lucky I had them for 50 years because no one would look at them and… — Cy Twombly Copy Share Image
I look at a lot of artists. I'm inspired by - I suppose I shouldn't say 'inspired,' but it's not really influenced.… — Cy Twombly Copy Share Image
I sit for two or three hours and then in 15 minutes I can do a painting, but that's part of it.… — Cy Twombly Copy Share Image
Paint is something that I use with my hands and do all those tactile things. I really don't like oil because you… — Cy Twombly Copy Share Image
It's instinctive in a certain kind of painting...It's like a nervous system. It's not described, it's happening. The feeling is going on… — Cy Twombly Copy Share Image
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… — Cy Twombly Copy Share
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… — Cy Twombly Copy Share
Once I said to my mother: 'You would be happy if I just kept well-dressed and had good manners,' and she said: 'What else… — Cy Twombly Copy Share
I love my sculptures, and I was lucky I had them for 50 years because no one would look at them and I really… — Cy Twombly Copy Share
I work in waves, because I'm impatient. Because of a certain physicality, of lack of breath from standing. It has to be done and… — Cy Twombly Copy Share
I used to change things in my early paintings to get the nuance or feeling I wanted, but now I plan everything in my… — Cy Twombly Copy Share
Graffiti is usually a protest - ink on walls - or has a reason for being naughty or aggressive. — Cy Twombly Copy Share
I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. — Cy Twombly Copy Share
To my mind, one does not put oneself in place of the past; one only adds a new link. — Cy Twombly Copy Share
And we who have always thought of happiness climbing, would feel the emotion that almost startles when happiness falls. — Cy Twombly Copy Share
When I work, I work very fast, but preparing to work can take any length of time. — Cy Twombly Copy Share
