I think being an artist is having the courage to be original. Many great artists, including Picasso, have all been influenced by the great master paintings... And then finally, they leap, they take off... they become themselves. Then it looks… — James Rosenquist Copy Share Image
I was probably born with the ability to draw, but that does not make you an artist. — James Rosenquist Copy Share Image
Whenever I got a new studio I made the largest possible painting, and since the ceiling was low, the painting became horizontal. As I… — James Rosenquist Copy Share Image
If you are close to it, a big painting is just a feeling around you, that's all. — James Rosenquist Copy Share Image
I think being an artist is having the courage to be original. Many great artists, including Picasso, have all been influenced by the great… — James Rosenquist Copy Share Image
I tell young people that the greatest paintings in museums are made with minerals mixed in oil smeared on cloth with the hair from… — James Rosenquist Copy Share Image
It fascinates me to create beautiful paintings with the simplest means. — James Rosenquist Copy Share Image
In many ways my paintings are about energy — both in how they are created and the image itself. — James Rosenquist Copy Share Image
Paintings are memories. Memories of the painter who painted them. Memories that can be shared as well. Paintings are things to remember things by. — James Rosenquist Copy Share Image
I was probably born with the ability to draw, but that does not make you an artist. — James Rosenquist Copy Share Image
We are attacked by radio and television and visual communication at such speed and with such force that painting seems very old fashioned ...why… — James Rosenquist Copy Share Image
![“We are attacked by radio and television and visual communication at such speed and with such force that painting seems very old fashioned ...why shouldn't it be done with that power and gusto [of advertising], with that impact.” quote by James Rosenquist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/155/james-rosenquist-38822_advertising_we-are-attacked-by-radio-and-television_3076270.jpg)