Carolina QuotesI work in waves because I'm impatient. It has to be done. I take liberties.
Cy Twombly Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Quote, as cited by Serota N. in the interview 'Cy Twombly: History behind the Thought' , Exhitbition catalogue: Cycles & Seasons, Tate Modern, London 2008
- form
- interview
- work
- 2000 - 2011
- year
- 2000
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“I work in waves because I'm impatient. It has to be done. I …” Cy Twombly. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-A16F735C83. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/a16f735c83
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To paint involves a certain crisis, or at least a crucial moment of sensation or release.By crisis by no means limited to a morbid state, but could just as easily be an ecstatic impulse.
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For myself the past is the source (for all art is vitally contemporary).