Cy Twombly, Roman Notes, 1970
From the New York Times obituary by Randy Kennedy, July 5, 2011:
"In the only written statement that Mr. Twombly ever made about his work,
a short essay in an Italian art journal in 1957, he tried to make clear
that his intentions were not subversive but elementally human. Each
line he made, he said, was “the actual experience” of making the line,
adding: 'It does not illustrate. It is the sensation of its own
realization.' Years later he described this more plainly. 'It’s more
like I’m having an experience than making a picture.' The process stood
in stark contrast to the detached, effete image that often clung to Mr.
Twombly. After completing a work, in a kind of ecstatic state, it was as
if the painting existed and he barely did anymore: 'I usually have to
go to bed for a couple of days.'"
Cy Twombly, from "On The Bowery" series, 1969-71
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