James Rosenquist Painting Quotations

It fascinates me to create beautiful paintings with the simplest means.

Whenever I got a new studio I made the largest possible painting, and since the ceiling was low, the painting became horizontal. As I changed studios and got larger spaces, I made bigger paintings.

If you are close to it, a big painting is just a feeling around you, that's all.

In many ways my paintings are about energy — both in how they are created and the image itself.

Paintings are memories. Memories of the painter who painted them. Memories that can be shared as well. Paintings are things to remember things by.