14+ Cy Twombly Quotes On Art, Nature And Bowery

Cy Twombly was an American painter, sculptor and photographer. He was a major figure in the New York art world and was known for his abstract expressionist paintings and scribbles. His works often featured words and numbers combined with gestural marks, and he was heavily influenced by ancient Greek and Roman art. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Cy Twombly on art, love, life.

I sit for two or three hours and then in 15 minutes I can do a painting, but that's part of it. You have to get ready and decide to jump up and do it; you build yourself up psychologically, and so painting has no time for brush. Brush is boring, you give it and all of a sudden it's dry, you have to go. Before you cut the thought, you know? — Cy Twombly

It's instinctive in a certain kind of painting...It's like a nervous system. It's not described, it's happening. The feeling is going on with the task. The line is the feeling, from a soft thing, a dreamy thing, to something hard, something arid, something lonely, something ending, something beginning. — Cy Twombly

Paint is something that I use with my hands and do all those tactile things. I really don't like oil because you can't get back into it, or you make a mess. It's not my favourite thing - pencil is more my medium than wet paint. — Cy Twombly

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. — Cy Twombly

I work in waves, because I'm impatient. Because of a certain physicality, of lack of breath from standing. It has to be done and I do take liberties I wouldn't have taken before. — Cy Twombly

I would’ve liked to have been Poussin, if I’d had a choice, in another time. — Cy Twombly

I listed to Tchaikovsky. He is both kitsch and profound. I love that lack of "Good taste." — Cy Twombly

Graffiti is linear and it's done with a pencil, and it's like writing on walls. But in my paintings it's more lyrical. — Cy Twombly

I love my sculptures, and I was lucky I had them for 50 years because no one would look at them and I really liked having them around. — Cy Twombly

When I work, I work very fast, but preparing to work can take any length of time. — Cy Twombly

I never really separated painting and literature. — Cy Twombly

I had my freedom and that was nice. — Cy Twombly

Every line is the actual experience with its own unique story. — Cy Twombly

And we who have always thought of happiness climbing, would feel the emotion that almost startles when happiness falls. — Cy Twombly

Life Lessons by Cy Twombly

1. Cy Twombly's work teaches us to be open to experimentation and to embrace the abstract in our own creative endeavors.
2. His use of color and texture can inspire us to explore the possibilities of combining different elements in our own works.
3. His work can also remind us of the importance of expressing emotion through art and the power of simplicity.