Cy Twombly
Abstract expressionist of scribbles evoking classical myths.
Most quoted
"I don't think I'm an abstract artist. I'm not interested in abstraction. I'm interested in the human condition, in history, in mythology, in the classical world."
— from Interview with David Sylvester, 1994
"I like things that are not quite finished, that are still in process. It's like life, it's always in process."
— from Interview with David Sylvester, 1994
"My work is not really abstract, it's more like a diary. It's about my experiences, my feelings, my thoughts."
— from Interview with Nicholas Serota, 1987
All quotes by Cy Twombly (100)
The scribble is my signature.
Time erases, but marks remain.
I paint with my memory.
The abstract is the concrete of the mind.
Sculpture is drawing in space.
Love is a wild line across the page.
The museum is a tomb for the living art.
I erase to reveal.
Poetry and painting are twins.
The mark is the memory of touch.
Art breathes through chaos.
I am a traveler in the world of forms.
The color red is a scream in silence.
Legacy is the echo of the brush.
Drawing is thinking with the hand.
The void invites the line.
Passion leaves traces.
Art is not explanation, but exclamation.
I collect moments on canvas.
The gesture is the soul's handwriting.
Contemporaries of Cy Twombly
Other Visual Artss born within 50 years of Cy Twombly (1928–2011).