The Rose, Cy Twombly
The Rose, Cy Twombly

April 25, 1928

 I sit for two or three hours and then in 15 minutes I can do a painting, but that’s part of it. You have to get ready and decide to jump up and do it; you build yourself up psychologically, and so painting has no time for brush. Brush is boring, you give it and all of a sudden it’s dry, you have to go. Before you cut the thought, you know?                                                                                                                                                    Cy Twombly

 

Lepanto, 2001, Cy Twombly
Lepanto, 2001, Cy Twombly

Do you have a favorite Twombly painting?