We may seem insignificantly small, but we exist. So I remain optimistic. James Rosenquist existinsignificantlyoptimistic Change image and share on social
Many of my old friends are gone now. I have a hard time dealing with the fact that they're just not there to talk to. I can't call them up for a rabbit-skin glue recipe anymore. James Rosenquist anymorecalldeal Change image and share on social
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 000animalattach share on social
I decided to make pictures of fragments, images that would spill off the canvas instead of recede into it like a medicine cabinet. I wanted to find images that were in a 'nether-nether-land': things that were a little out of style but hadn't reached the point of nostalgia. James Rosenquist cabinetcanvasdecide 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
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
I stick the collages on the wall and, if I still like them after a month or two, I make a painting. James Rosenquist collagemakemonth Change image and share on social
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 advertisebillboardgeneral Change image and share on social
I am not in yesterday; I am not in tomorrow. I am right now. James Rosenquist tomorrowyesterday Change image and share on social