Top 43 Quotes by James Rosenquist

About James Rosenquist

These are some quotes by American author James Rosenquist Artist, who was born on November 29, 1933.

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.

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

When things become peculiar, frustrating and strange, I think it's a good time to start painting.

When things become peculiar, frustrating and strange, I think it's a good time to start painting.

James Rosenquist

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.

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

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

I don't do anecdotes. I accumulate experiences.

I don't do anecdotes. I accumulate experiences.

James Rosenquist

I was on a panel with Marshall McLuhan in Canada. Someone says, 'Mr. McLuhan, I read your book, and I disagree with you.' And he says, 'Oh, you read my book? Then you only know half the story.'

I was on a panel with Marshall McLuhan in Canada. Someone says, 'Mr. McLuhan, I read your book, and I disagree with you.' And he says, 'Oh, you read my book? Then you only know half the story.'

James Rosenquist

I'm the one who gave steroids to Pop art.

I'm the one who gave steroids to Pop art.

James Rosenquist

The best thing about being an artist is the free clothing and getting to kiss pretty girls.

The best thing about being an artist is the free clothing and getting to kiss pretty girls.

James Rosenquist

As a person gets older, time gets more interesting. As a kid, you waste so much of it.

As a person gets older, time gets more interesting. As a kid, you waste so much of it.

James Rosenquist

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.

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

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