I swear if I had to do this over again, I would ju... -Cy Twombly

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I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them.

Cy Twombly , Artist
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Cy Twombly was a renowned artist and painter known for his abstract and expressive works. His unique style and artistic vision have left a profound impact on the contemporary art world, earning him recognition as a master of modern art.

Cy Twombly Quotes to Explore

To my mind, one does not put oneself in place of the past; one only adds a new link....
I look at a lot of artists. I'm inspired by - I suppose I shouldn't say 'inspired,' but it's not really influenced. I am inspired. Art comes from art....
I have my pace and way of living, and I'm not looking for something....
The Mediterranean is always just white, white, white....
I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them....
I used to change things in my early paintings to get the nuance or feeling I wanted, but now I plan everything in my head before I do it....
I hate roses. Don't you? It's all right if you can hide them in a cutting garden, but I think a rose garden is the height of ick....
I don't work 9 to 5....
It's absurd to talk about paintings that you haven't finished....
Once I said to my mother: 'You would be happy if I just kept well-dressed and had good manners,' and she said: 'What else is there?'...

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If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun....
To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal....
Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident....
To become 'unique,' the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination....
One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions....
Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been o...
No sanction can stand against ignited minds....
As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me....
Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities....
Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want....