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)
Monuments crumble, but lines endure.
I paint the invisible.
Life is a series of erasures and additions.
The artist is a scribe of dreams.
Color is emotion in liquid form.
Memory is the ink of creation.
Sculpture whispers what painting shouts.
I chase the shadow of beauty.
The line breaks to breathe.
Art heals the fractures of time.
I am wedded to the white space.
Graffiti eternalizes the ephemeral.
The heart draws before the eye sees.
Canvas is my confessional.
Wisdom lies in the unfinished stroke.
I paint with the ghosts of history.
The mark is a moment frozen.
Love scribbles its name everywhere.
Art is the rebellion against form.
In the end, all lines lead to silence.
Contemporaries of Cy Twombly
Other Visual Artss born within 50 years of Cy Twombly (1928–2011).