I hate getting old, but I'm sticking with it! James Rosenquist More Quotes by James Rosenquist More Quotes From James Rosenquist If a person is insane or troubled, you first have to get the person to admit that they have a problem before you can solve anything. James Rosenquist personadmityouproblem Believe it or not, there were very few books on art, years ago. James Rosenquist booksbelieveyearsart I was on a panel with Marshall McLuhan in Canada. Someone says, 'Mr. McLuhan, I read your book, and I disagree with you.' And he says, 'Oh, you read my book? Then you only know half the story.' James Rosenquist storysomeoneyoubook The very, very beginning is that my mother and father were aviators. James Rosenquist verybeginningmotherfather I went to the University of Minnesota, and I met this amazing artist named Cameron Boothe there who was in World War I, who studied with Hans Hoffman in Munich. James Rosenquist amazingartistwarworld I learned a lot of painting tricks painting outside. James Rosenquist learnedoutsidetrickspainting When I started out, I wanted to paint the Sistine Chapel. But I didn't have the content. James Rosenquist contentstartedoutpaint I hitchhiked to Miami in 1953, and there were oranges laying on the road, black shantytowns, and marinas with nice boats. The museums were virtually empty. James Rosenquist roademptyblacknice I painted the Astor-Victoria sign seven times, and it's 395 feet wide and 58 feet high. I dropped a gallon of purple paint on Seventh Avenue and 47th Street from 15 stories up and didn't kill anybody. I dropped a brush at Columbus Circle. It fell on a guy's camel-hair coat. James Rosenquist streethighcirclefeet People can remember their childhood, but events from four or five years ago are in a never-never land. James Rosenquist childhoodeventsrememberpeople Certainly I have made comments on American society with the various pictures and have done about nine antiwar paintings. But I did them because I was incorporating my feelings into my work. James Rosenquist picturessocietyworkfeelings Warhol was questioning the capitalist society. James Rosenquist questioningcapitalistwarholsociety I think of my actions every day: what seems to be important and what isn't. James Rosenquist every-daydaythinkimportant I used to know Madison Avenue advertisers. I didn't like 'em. Bunch of jerks. James Rosenquist jerkslikeknowused I started billboard painting in Minneapolis, and I went to General Outdoor Advertising, and I said, 'I could do that.' They said, 'Oh yeah... we can always use a good man around here.' James Rosenquist goodmangood-manpainting I can handle ups and downs. James Rosenquist downsups-and-downshandlei-can
