57 Quotes by James Rosenquist

When things become peculiar, frustrating and strange, I think it's a good time to start painting.

Many of my old friends are gone now. I have a hard time dealing with the fact that they're just not there to talk to. I can't call them up for a rabbit-skin glue recipe anymore.

Popular culture isn't a freeze-frame; it is images zapping by in rapid-fire succession, which is why collage is such an effective way of representing contemporary life. The blur between images creates a kind of motion in the mind.

I am getting old, so I really don't like clocks.

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.

I hate getting old, but I'm sticking with it!

I feel lucky that I've been able to make a living from painting any idea that comes into my head.

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.

We may seem insignificantly small, but we exist. So I remain optimistic.