James Rosenquist
James Rosenquist
James Rosenquistis an American artist and one of the protagonists in the pop-art movement. Rosenquist was a 2001 inductee into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Artist
Date of Birth29 November 1933
CityGrand Forks, ND
CountryUnited States of America
simple hair pigs
I tell young people that the greatest paintings in museums are made with minerals mixed in oil smeared on cloth with the hair from the back of a pig's ear. It's that simple.
always-trying trying
I'm always trying to do things that no one has ever seen before.
communication impact gusto
We are attacked by radio and television and visual communication at such speed and with such force that painting seems very old fashioned ...why shouldn't it be done with that power and gusto [of advertising], with that impact.
memories remember painting
Paintings are memories. Memories of the painter who painted them. Memories that can be shared as well. Paintings are things to remember things by.
artist doe born
I was probably born with the ability to draw, but that does not make you an artist.
art war machines
History is remembered by its art, not its war machines.