James Rosenquist

I am not in yesterday; I am not in tomorrow. I am right now.

I don't do anecdotes. I accumulate experiences.

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.

We may seem insignificantly small, but we exist. So I remain optimistic.

I think of my actions every day: what seems to be important and what isn't.

I was on a panel with Marshall McLuhan in Canada. Someone says, 'Mr. McLuhan, I read your book, and I disagree with you.' And he says, 'Oh, you read my book? Then you only know half the story.'