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James Rosenquist Quotes

I am getting old, so I really don’t like clocks Picture Quote #1

Warhol was questioning the capitalist society Picture Quote #1

I painted billboards above every candy store in Brooklyn Picture Quote #1

When things become peculiar, frustrating and strange, I think it’s a good time to start painting Picture Quote #1

There was one reviewer from the ‘New York Times,’ I forget his name, who said I was ‘death warmed over.’ I wrote him back that I knew more about death than he did. The ‘Times’ fired him, put him in the cooking department! Picture Quote #1

You live till you die, and that’s the end of it. What good is your legacy when you are dead? I worry about being alive, selling work, having fun, moving and doing things when I am alive Picture Quote #1

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I hitchhiked to Miami in 1953, and there were oranges laying on the road, black shantytowns, and marinas with nice boats. The museums were virtually empty Picture Quote #1

Popular culture isn’t a freeze-frame; it is images zapping by in rapid-fire succession, which is why collage is such an effective way of representing contemporary life. The blur between images creates a kind of motion in the mind Picture Quote #1

People can remember their childhood, but events from four or five years ago are in a never-never land Picture Quote #1

I painted the Astor-Victoria sign seven times, and it’s 395 feet wide and 58 feet high. I dropped a gallon of purple paint on Seventh Avenue and 47th Street from 15 stories up and didn’t kill anybody. I dropped a brush at Columbus Circle. It fell on a guy’s camel-hair coat Picture Quote #1

I started billboard painting in Minneapolis, and I went to General Outdoor Advertising, and I said, ‘I could do that.’ They said, ‘Oh yeah... we can always use a good man around here.’ Picture Quote #1

The best thing about being an artist is the free clothing and getting to kiss pretty girls Picture Quote #1

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Many young artists, they look at the art world and think they can make a lot of money Picture Quote #1

Scientists say, ‘There is no such thing as time; gravity is a dust from another universe, and outside our own universe are many, many universes in all directions.’ They speculate that attached to these universes are probably 6,000 planets identical to Earth. So are there things living out there? Animals, people, anything? Picture Quote #1

The only thing the Pop Artists had in common is that we all had been commercial artists in some manner. Lichtenstein was a draftsman; I was a billboard painter, but we didn’t work together. I didn’t meet Andy Warhol until 1964 Picture Quote #1

It’s amazing how you meet people through other people. I knew a racecar driver, Stefan Johansson, who was very hot. He introduced me to Jean Todt. He introduced me to a French doctor. He introduced me to a French architect who redid the Louvre with I.M. Pei. He introduced me to Daniel Boulud Picture Quote #1

I went to the University of Minnesota, and I met this amazing artist named Cameron Boothe there who was in World War I, who studied with Hans Hoffman in Munich Picture Quote #1

History is remembered by its art, not its war machines Picture Quote #1

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I’m always trying to do things that no one has ever seen before Picture Quote #1

It fascinates me to create beautiful paintings with the simplest means Picture Quote #1

Paintings are memories. Memories of the painter who painted them. Memories that can be shared as well. Paintings are things to remember things by Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

If you are close to it, a big painting is just a feeling around you, that’s all Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I am getting old, so I really don’t like clocks (James Rosenquist Quotes) Warhol was questioning the capitalist society (James Rosenquist Quotes) I painted billboards above every candy store in Brooklyn (James Rosenquist Quotes) When things become peculiar, frustrating and strange, I think it’s a good time to start painting. (James Rosenquist Quotes) There was one reviewer from the ‘New York Times,’ I forget his name, who said I was ‘death warmed over.’ I wrote him back that I knew more about death than he did. The ‘Times’ fired him, put him in the cooking department! (James Rosenquist Quotes) You live till you die, and that’s the end of it. What good is your legacy when you are dead? I worry about being alive, selling work, having fun, moving and doing things when I am alive. (James Rosenquist Quotes) I hitchhiked to Miami in 1953, and there were oranges laying on the road, black shantytowns, and marinas with nice boats. The museums were virtually empty. (James Rosenquist Quotes) Popular culture isn’t a freeze-frame; it is images zapping by in rapid-fire succession, which is why collage is such an effective way of representing contemporary life. The blur between images creates a kind of motion in the mind. (James Rosenquist Quotes) People can remember their childhood, but events from four or five years ago are in a never-never land. (James Rosenquist Quotes) I painted the Astor-Victoria sign seven times, and it’s 395 feet wide and 58 feet high. I dropped a gallon of purple paint on Seventh Avenue and 47th Street from 15 stories up and didn’t kill anybody. I dropped a brush at Columbus Circle. It fell on a guy’s camel-hair coat. (James Rosenquist Quotes) I started billboard painting in Minneapolis, and I went to General Outdoor Advertising, and I said, ‘I could do that.’ They said, ‘Oh yeah... we can always use a good man around here.’ (James Rosenquist Quotes) The best thing about being an artist is the free clothing and getting to kiss pretty girls (James Rosenquist Quotes) Many young artists, they look at the art world and think they can make a lot of money (James Rosenquist Quotes) Scientists say, ‘There is no such thing as time; gravity is a dust from another universe, and outside our own universe are many, many universes in all directions.’ They speculate that attached to these universes are probably 6,000 planets identical to Earth. So are there things living out there? Animals, people, anything? (James Rosenquist Quotes) The only thing the Pop Artists had in common is that we all had been commercial artists in some manner. Lichtenstein was a draftsman; I was a billboard painter, but we didn’t work together. I didn’t meet Andy Warhol until 1964. (James Rosenquist Quotes) It’s amazing how you meet people through other people. I knew a racecar driver, Stefan Johansson, who was very hot. He introduced me to Jean Todt. He introduced me to a French doctor. He introduced me to a French architect who redid the Louvre with I.M. Pei. He introduced me to Daniel Boulud. (James Rosenquist Quotes) I went to the University of Minnesota, and I met this amazing artist named Cameron Boothe there who was in World War I, who studied with Hans Hoffman in Munich. (James Rosenquist Quotes) History is remembered by its art, not its war machines (James Rosenquist Quotes) I’m always trying to do things that no one has ever seen before (James Rosenquist Quotes) It fascinates me to create beautiful paintings with the simplest means (James Rosenquist Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) If you are close to it, a big painting is just a feeling around you, that’s all (James Rosenquist Quotes) 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 Quotes)