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Graffiti is linear and it's done with a pencil, and it's like writing on walls. But in my paintings it's more lyrical.

Cy Twombly

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Cy Twombly
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 25
Died: 2011
Died: July 5
Draftsperson
Drawer
Painter
Photographer
Printmaker
Sculptor
Lexington
Virginia
Edwin Parker Twombly
Edwin Parker Cy Twombly
Jr.
Edwin Parker
Jr. Twombly
Edwin Parker Twobly
Edwin Parker Twombly Jnr
Walls
Wall
Painting
Graffiti
Done
Lyrical
Writing
Pencil
Like
Linear
Pencils
Paintings

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