I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.
I don't think about art when I'm working. I think about life.
I like kids' work more than work by real artists any day.
Believe it or not, I can actually draw.
I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I'd draw a big ram's head, really messy. I'd never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.
My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it.
I am not a black artist, I am an artist.
I start a picture and I finish it. I don't think about art while I work. I try to think about life.
I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.