Top 20 Quotes by Cy Twombly

I'm not an abstractionist completely.

I used to change things in my early paintings to get the nuance or feeling I wanted, but now I plan everything in my head before I do it.

I would've liked to have been Poussin, if I'd had a choice, in another time.

I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them.

I have my pace and way of living, and I'm not looking for something.

Graffiti is usually a protest - ink on walls - or has a reason for being naughty or aggressive.

I was brought up to think you don't talk about yourself.

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.

It's absurd to talk about paintings that you haven't finished.

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 the height of ick.