The automobile crash was... devastating in ways that I still cannot really bear to think about... It took me many years to recover. In some ways, I never have. James Rosenquist automobilebearcrash Change image and share on social
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 alivedeaddie Change image and share on social
Certainly I have made comments on American society with the various pictures and have done about nine antiwar paintings. But I did them because I was incorporating my feelings into my work. James Rosenquist americanantiwarcomment Change image and share on social
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 47thastoravenue share on social
People can remember their childhood, but events from four or five years ago are in a never-never land. James Rosenquist agochildhoodevent Change image and share on social
Believe it or not, there were very few books on art, years ago. James Rosenquist agoartbook Change image and share on social
I used to know Madison Avenue advertisers. I didn't like 'em. Bunch of jerks. James Rosenquist advertiseravenuebunch Change image and share on social
I'm interested in contemporary vision - the flicker of chrome, reflections, rapid associations, quick flashes of light. Bing! Bang! James Rosenquist associationbangbing Change image and share on social
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 backcookdeath share on social
