“Many of my old friends are gone now. I have a hard time dealing with t...” — James Rosenquist Quote

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 used to know Madison Avenue advertisers. I didn't like 'em. Bunch of jerks.

I'm the one who gave steroids to Pop art.

You live till you die, and that's the end of it. What good is your legacy when you are dead? I worry about being alive, selling work, having fun, moving and doing things when I am alive.

Foreign politicians don't have resources - or limited resources. It's useless dealing with them.

Mind you, if I were taking money for transfers, I would not have been able to even look the officials in the eye, not to speak of dealing with them with an iron hand, which I have been doing.

If I can make people forget whatever they're dealing with for an hour and a half, two hours every night, that's nice.

Everyone just talks about the problems our teenage girls are facing and what they're dealing with. But there was, to me, a void in how they were being served or helped. I thought, 'Wow, I'd love to create something.'