--- title: "1 Wet Paint Quotes By Cy Twombly" description: "1 Wet Paint quotes by Cy Twombly. Plus more from Cy Twombly and more Wet Paint sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/cy-twombly-19966_artist_paint-is-something-that-i-use-with-my-ha_227707.png" --- > [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 a mess. It's not my favourite thing - pencil is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cy-twombly/paint-is-something-that-i-use-with-my-hands-and-do-all-those-tactile/) [Cy Twombly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cy-twombly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/cy-twombly-19966_artist_paint-is-something-that-i-use-with-my-ha_227707.png) ## More by Cy Twombly > [I would’ve liked to have been Poussin, if I’d had a choice, in another time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cy-twombly/i-would-ve-liked-to-have-been-poussin-if-i-d-had-a-choice-in-another/) [Cy Twombly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cy-twombly/) > [White paint is my marble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cy-twombly/white-paint-is-my-marble/) [Cy Twombly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cy-twombly/paint-is-something-that-i-use-with-my-hands-and-do-all-those-tactile/) [Cy Twombly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cy-twombly/i-hate-roses-don-t-you-it-s-all-right-if-you-can-hide-them-in-a/) [Cy Twombly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cy-twombly/) > [I had my freedom and that was nice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cy-twombly/i-had-my-freedom-and-that-was-nice/) [Cy Twombly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cy-twombly/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cy-twombly/once-i-said-to-my-mother-you-would-be-happy-if-i-just-kept-well/) [Cy Twombly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cy-twombly/i-love-my-sculptures-and-i-was-lucky-i-had-them-for-50-years-because/) [Cy Twombly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cy-twombly/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cy-twombly/i-work-in-waves-because-i-m-impatient-because-of-a-certain/) [Cy Twombly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cy-twombly/) > [I used to change things in my early paintings to get the nuance or feeling I wanted, but now I plan everything in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cy-twombly/i-used-to-change-things-in-my-early-paintings-to-get-the-nuance-or/) [Cy Twombly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cy-twombly/) > [Graffiti is usually a protest - ink on walls - or has a reason for being naughty or aggressive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cy-twombly/graffiti-is-usually-a-protest-ink-on-walls-or-has-a-reason-for-being/) [Cy Twombly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cy-twombly/) > [I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cy-twombly/i-swear-if-i-had-to-do-this-over-again-i-would-just-do-the-paintings/) [Cy Twombly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cy-twombly/) > [To my mind, one does not put oneself in place of the past; one only adds a new link.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cy-twombly/to-my-mind-one-does-not-put-oneself-in-place-of-the-past-one-only/) [Cy Twombly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cy-twombly/) > [Virginia is a good start for Italy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cy-twombly/virginia-is-a-good-start-for-italy/) [Cy Twombly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cy-twombly/) > [And we who have always thought of happiness climbing, would feel the emotion that almost startles when happiness falls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cy-twombly/and-we-who-have-always-thought-of-happiness-climbing-would-feel-the/) [Cy Twombly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cy-twombly/) > [When I work, I work very fast, but preparing to work can take any length of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cy-twombly/when-i-work-i-work-very-fast-but-preparing-to-work-can-take-any/) [Cy Twombly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cy-twombly/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wet-paint/cy-twombly/#itemlist", "name": "1 Wet Paint Quotes By Cy Twombly", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Paint is something that I use with my hands and do all those tactile things. 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