My parents were from New England. It's very funny, but when I grew up, you always had to say, 'Yes, ma'am' and 'Yes, sir.' — 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. I am inspired. Art comes from art. — Cy Twombly Copy Share Image
I would’ve liked to have been Poussin, if I’d had a choice, in another time — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Graffiti is usually a protest - ink on walls - or has a reason for being naughty or aggressive. — Cy Twombly Copy Share Image
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
To my mind, one does not put oneself in place of the past; one only adds a new link. — Cy Twombly Copy Share Image
