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If I'm reading something and a word pops up, or I just catch it, I try to mark it off and then, later, write it down on a piece of paper and add it to my list.
Robert Barry
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I try not to manipulate reality... What will happen, will happen. Let things be themselves.
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I relied mainly on other artists, who I think are smarter than critics, any critics or curators or anybody like that. They really know.
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