James Rosenquist Quotes

• History is remembered by its art, not its war machines.

  James Rosenquist

  Art, War, Machines

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• 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

  Memories, Painting, Remember

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• I'm always trying to do things that no one has ever seen before.

  James Rosenquist

  Always Trying, Trying

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• 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 like they just came out of nowhere. Just like 'Pow!'

  James Rosenquist

  Thinking, Artist, Looks

  Source: www.achievement.org

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• 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.

  James Rosenquist

  Communication, Impact, Gusto

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• I was probably born with the ability to draw, but that does not make you an artist.

  James Rosenquist

  Artist, Doe, Born

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• In many ways my paintings are about energy — both in how they are created and the image itself.

  James Rosenquist

  Energy, Way, Painting

  "Art Space Talk: James Rosenquist". Interview with Brian Sherwin, myartspace-blog.blogspot.ru. April 04, 2008.

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• It fascinates me to create beautiful paintings with the simplest means.

  James Rosenquist

  Beautiful, Mean, Painting

  "Art Space Talk: James Rosenquist". Interview with Brian Sherwin, myartspace-blog.blogspot.ru. April 04, 2008.

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• If you are close to it, a big painting is just a feeling around you, that's all.

  James Rosenquist

  Feelings, Painting, Bigs

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• I tell young people that the greatest paintings in museums are made with minerals mixed in oil smeared on cloth with the hair from the back of a pig's ear. It's that simple.

  James Rosenquist

  Simple, Museums, Hair

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• Whenever I got a new studio I made the largest possible painting, and since the ceiling was low, the painting became horizontal. As I changed studios and got larger spaces, I made bigger paintings.

  James Rosenquist

  Space, Ceilings, Painting

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