Wesselmann Quotes & Sayings

The challenge for an artist is always to find your own way of doing something. — Tom Wesselmann

Through our maps, we willingly become a part of their boundaries. If our home is included, we feel pride, perhaps familiarity, but always a sense that this is ours. If it is not, we accept our roles as outsiders, though we may be of the same mind and culture. In this way, maps can be dangerous and powerful tools. — Debbie Lee Wesselmann

I'd never painted anything before. I was quite content to take other people's work since I didn't care anyway about the subject matter. I approached subject matter as a scoundrel. I had nothing to say about it whatsoever. I only wanted to make these exciting paintings. — Tom Wesselmann

Growth is the goal, and that goal is never complete - art must be in constant change. — Tom Wesselmann

I didn't want to deal in poetry. I got rid of that after a few months. — Tom Wesselmann