“Each line is now the actual experience with its own innate history. It does not illustrate — it is the sensation of its own realization.”

—  Cy Twombly

a written art note by Twombly on a painting he created in 1957
Quote of Twombly in 'Writings', Flash Art International, Laura Cherubini, October 2008 (translation from Italian: Beatrice Barbareschi)
1950 - 1960

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