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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
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Linear
Pencils
Paintings
Walls
Wall
Painting
Graffiti
Done
Lyrical
Writing
Pencil

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