5 I associate with America and—I suppose it comes from a five-pointed star and things like that—but, 5 I made a red, white and blue painting, and that is definitely a—well, I wouldn’t call it exactly a patriotic choice, but it is at least referred to the American experience.
— Robert Indiana
Arthur C. Carr, “The Reminiscences of Robert Indiana,” New York, November 1965, Arthur C. Carr papers; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library, pp. 99–100.